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A Delhi court sentenced a husband and two in-laws to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for attempting to murder a woman over dowry demands in 2022. The victim was thrown from a balcony, suffering permanent paralysis, with the court also ordering compensation

A case has been registered in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi district against a husband and in-laws for allegedly killing a woman’s unborn children twice during pregnancies over dowry demands. Police said an investigation is underway and the accused are absconding

A newlywed woman from Khammam died by suicide in Hyderabad, allegedly due to dowry harassment and mental torture by her husband and in-laws. Police have booked six persons under BNS Section 80 following a complaint by her family

Seven years of rigourous imprisonment and fine was imposed on a man by a local court in the dowry death case of his wife reported at Uppal in 2014

Hyderabad: A noted city-based businessman, G Raghava Reddy, was booked by the Punjagutta police along with his son Eknath Reddy and others for allegedly harassing and torturing his daughter-in-law. The woman, K Pragyna Reddy (34), a resident of Begumpet lodged a complaint at the Punjagutta police station stating that in 2014, she was married to […]

Hyderabad: Justice K Lakshman of Telangana High Court quashed a criminal complaint in a dowry prohibition case against one of the accused on the ground that “the improved version in the charge-sheet with that of complaint” robbed the case of its credibility. The relatives of the husband should not be roped in on the basis […]