The Supreme Court has given a strong message on dowry system and torture of daughter-in-law. The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the plea of a family member of the accused husband in the Chhattisgarh dowry death case. The court made it clear that humiliation and financial pressure on girls and their families after marriage will not be tolerated under any circumstances.‘B.
A bench of Justice BV Nagaratna and Justice Ujjwal Bhuiyar made an important observation in the hearing. The court askedWhy do boys get married? Is it to insult the girls and their families? A clear message must go out to the society that this humiliation of the wife and her family cannot continue.
Incident In Chhattisgarh, a young woman’s body was found hanging from her in-laws’ house after seven years of marriage. According to the complaintHe was long pressed for cash and cars. Her husband and in-laws regularly torture her mentally and physically for the demand of dowry.
The family of the deceased girl claimed that the financial pressure and torture on the girl had reached its peak even before her death. The deceased have been identified as 19-year-old Arun Kumar and 19-year-old Arun Kumar. During the trial, the court held that it fell under the category of dowry death as an alleged unnatural death occurred within seven years of marriage and dowry. After the death of several members of the husband’s family due to dowryConvicted of abetting suicide and molesting daughter-in-law. Later the Chhattisgarh High Court upheld that verdict.
The deceased girl’s father-in-law on Friday claimed in the Supreme Court that only daughter-in-law torture was applied against him and that the charges were not sufficient. However, the Supreme Court is not satisfied with this argument‘L. Justice Nagarathna remarked that he should be happy as it was only a three-year sentence. During the hearing, the judge also said that many families try to put financial pressure on the girl’s family after marriage. They try to crush the bride and her family. The court did not look into the delay in filing the charge sheet.
Justice Ujjal Bhuiyan also expressed concern that these are all educated peopleYet such things do. The Supreme Court upheld the judgment of the lower court and the High Court and dismissed the plea of the accused.
It is noteworthy thatThe recent death of Tisha Sharma in Bhopal also raised allegations of dowry abuse. Her family filed a serious complaint against her husband and mother-in-law. All the accused are currently in CBI custody.