Four get five years jail for dowry harassment, abetting suicide

The Thane sessions court on Wednesday awarded five years rigorous imprisonment to four members of a family after the wife of the first accused committed suicide,

The Thane sessions court on Wednesday awarded five years rigorous imprisonment to four members of a family after the wife of the first accused committed suicide, alleging dowry harassment around six years ago.

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The court also imposed a fine of Rs5,000 on each of them. In case they fail to pay the fine, they will have to undergo simple imprisonment for another one month, the court said.

According to the police, the incident took place in September 2013. The main accused, Naresh Kothari, 41, and Indrakumari (then 36) had married around 14 years before the incident. The couple also had two kids aged 13 and seven (then).

Rajendra Chavan, senior inspector of Nerul police station said, “The couple did not have a smooth married life. Naresh and his other family members would harass Indrakumari, asking for dowry from her parents. Indrakumari had informed her parents about the harassment. Not being able to tolerate it, she ended her life in September 2013.”

“We had collected evidences against all the accused to make it a watertight case. The court convicted them for the crime. They will soon be sent to jail again,” the police officer said.