Dowry Case
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26-year-old woman burnt alive for dowry in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit
Crime | April 09, 2025 20:52 ISTUttar Pradesh horror: Before succumbing to her injuries, the victim narrated the entire sequence of events to her brother Amar Pal.
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SC expresses concerns over dowry deaths: 'Courts are duty bound to deeply scrutinise circumstances'
India | March 03, 2025 21:30 ISTThe Supreme Court said a superficial application of bail parameters not only undermined the gravity of the offence itself but also risked weakening public faith in the judiciary's resolve to combat the menace of dowry deaths.
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UP: In-laws inject HIV-infected needle to woman after her family fails to give Rs 10 lakh dowry, SUV
Uttar Pradesh | February 16, 2025 9:36 ISTThe victim was married in February 2023 and the incident took place in 2024. In between this, she was once kicked out of the house by in-laws but returned after three months when the village panchayat intervened. The in-laws were demanded Rs 10-lakh and an SUV.
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Man ends life, accuses wife of harassment in Indore : 'I request govt to bring change in Dowry Act'
Madhya Pradesh | January 30, 2025 20:06 ISTThe suicide case comes days after Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash ended his life accusing his wife and in-laws of harassing him, triggering a nationwide debate over laws favouring women.
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Uttar Pradesh: Woman kills self over dowry harassment in Ballia
Uttar Pradesh | July 20, 2023 21:10 ISTUttar Pradesh crime news: Deputy Superintendent of Police (Sadar) Ashok Mishra said Tara Verma hanged herself at her in-laws' home in Sagarpali village on Wednesday.
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Uttar Pradesh: Woman attacked with axe over dowry demand in Modinagar | DETAILS
Uttar Pradesh | June 02, 2023 17:49 ISTUttar Pradesh crime news: According to reports, the woman was assaulted for failing to meet their demands for dowry. She was also threatened in front of the people who watched the tragic incident in broad daylight.
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui case: Mumbai court rejects dowry harassment pleas against actor
Celebrities | February 24, 2023 6:40 ISTIn petitions filed before the magistrate's court, Zainab had sought direction to the Versova police station in suburban Mumbai for registering an FIR (first information report) against Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his mother under IPC sections 498A, 509 and other related provisions.
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Tripura: 17-yr-old burnt to death over Rs 50,000 dowry demand, two arrested
Crime | December 08, 2019 14:29 ISTAjoy Rudra Pal (21) and his mother, Minati, were arrested, based on a complaint filed by the girl's family with Santirbazar police station in South Tripura, Officer-in-Charge Narayan Chandra Saha said.
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Odisha: 25-year-old woman set ablaze by in-laws succumbs to burn injuries
Crime | November 06, 2019 12:18 ISTA 25-year old pregnant woman who was set ablaze allegedly by her in-laws in Odishas Ganjam district has succumbed to her burn injuries, police said on Wednesday. The victim identified as Mamali, wife of Tukuna Panigrahy of Debabhumi area under Aska Police Station limit, died at the MKCG Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday during treatment.
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Husband, in-laws booked over instant-talaq, dowry charges
India | August 30, 2019 10:56 ISTA case has been registered against a man for allegedly giving instant triple talaq to a woman in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Friday
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Man bites woman's nose, father slits her ear in dowry dispute
India | August 26, 2019 15:55 ISTAshfaq bit Gulshan's nose, while Izhaar slit her ear with a knife, after which the father-son duo escaped, leaving Gulshan unconscious. The police was informed and they rushed Gulshan to hospital.
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6 members of family booked for harassing woman for dowry
Crime | July 19, 2019 13:05 ISTSix members of a family, including four women, have been booked on charges of harassing a housewife for Rs 25 lakh dowry in Thane in Maharashtra, police said on Friday.
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Three members of a Odisha family sentenced to life in dowry death case
India | March 06, 2019 17:55 ISTA court here on Wednesday sentenced three members of a family, including an elderly couple, to life imprisonment in a dowry death case.
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Bride rejects marriage after groom demands dowry
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Woman gangraped by husband, in-laws; tattooed with expletives over dowry
India | June 28, 2016 15:47 ISTa woman was allegedly gangraped by her husband and his two brothers, and was tattooed with abuses on her forehead and hands after her family failed to fulfil their dowry demand.
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Shameful! Husband burns 21-year-old wife with boiling water for dowry
India | May 15, 2016 19:00 ISTA 21-year-old woman was burnt with boiling water by her husband and in-laws in the Old Malda area of Kolkata after she failed to get Rs 50,000 in dowry
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Qualified wife can't sit idle and claim maintenance: Bombay High Court
India | March 08, 2015 15:08 ISTMumbai: A family court recently ruled in a petition that a well-qualified woman cannot claim maintenance from her husband.It said that the wife is not entitled to advantage of her own wrong and that she
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Kerala minister Ganesh Kumar resigns after wife alleges domestic violence, Chandy faces political heat
Politics | April 02, 2013 12:46 ISTThiruvananthapuram, Apr 2: In an embarrassment to the ruling Congress-led UDF, forest minister K B Ganesh Kumar was forced to quit after his wife levelled charges of domestic violence, a development that triggered opposition demand
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Raghunath Mohanty removed from post of BJD vice-president
Politics | March 31, 2013 7:07 ISTBhubaneswar, March 31: Hours after being arrestedin a torture for dowry case, former Odisha minister Raghunath Mohanty was on Saturday removed as BJD vice-president.BJD president Naveen Patnaik removed Basta MLA Raghunath Mohanty from the post
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Former Odisha law minister, wife held in dowry case
India | March 30, 2013 13:04 ISTBhubaneswar, March 30: Police Saturday arrested former Odisha law minister Raghunath Mohanty and his wife Pritilata for allegedly torturing their daughter-in-law for dowry, an official said.The couple was arrested from Kolkata nearly a fortnight after
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