Dowry harassment: 7-yr rigorous imprisonment for hubby, mother-in-law of woman who killed self

As per the police, the 25-year-old victim was found hanging and a suicide note was also found. Her mother had told the police that her in-laws and husband had been harassing her for dowry ever since she got married on February 23, 2018. They were allegedly forcing her to get a car as dowry

A local court has sentenced a Sector 46-D resident and his mother to seven-year rigorous imprisonment for abetting the suicide of his wife, who had killed herself on March 8, 2019.

The court has sentenced the convicts to seven years rigorous imprisonment and also slapped a fine of ₹10,000 each for offences under Section 306, and three-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of ₹5,000 each for offences under Section 498-A. Both sentences will run concurrently. (iStock Photo)

As per the police, the 25-year-old victim was found hanging and a suicide note was also found. Her mother had told the police that her in-laws and husband had been harassing her for dowry ever since she got married on February 23, 2018. They were allegedly forcing her to get a car as dowry.

On the mother’s complaint, police had arrested the victim’s husband and father-in-law.

While the case was registered under Section 304-B (dowry death) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the court observed that all was not normal in the victim’s matrimonial life and she had faced a lot of harassment and cruelty. Thus, the case was missing the ingredients of Section 304-B. The accused Sandeep Yadav and his mother Kalawati were convicted under Sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 498-A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of the IPC. Her brother-in-law, sister-in-law and father-in-law were, however, acquitted.