Criminal attorneys in Chennai for Family disputes : The Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 states the term Dowry as “Any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly – a) by one party to marriage to another party to the marriage”.
Section 2 of The Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 defines “dowry” as any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly –
a) by one party to marriage to another party to the marriage, or
b) by the parents of either party to a marriage or by any other person to either party to the marriage or to any other person.
Sec 498A can be called on by wife / Daughter-in-law or by relatives. Sec 498A is always a failure as they are always been a blackmailed effect of the wife or their relatives of the exhausted marriage. Sec 498A is settled by the huge amount of money out of the court. The following section are Non Bailable, Non Compoundable and Cognizable. In many cases there occurs many situations where the cop have arrested Elderly parents, Pregnant sister-in-Law, Unmarried sister, Small children.Dowry harassment is been applied to the family of husband where they undergo a lot of mental torture and harassment these cases carry till 5-7 years and the result of this is only 2 % of them are convicted.
Sec 498A of Indian Penal Code punishes the husband or his relatives who subject a women to cruelty. This section was inserted by the Amending Criminal Law Act 1983 to prevent Dowry death.Sec 113 A is added to Indian Evidence Act to effect that when a married women commit suicide it is considered to be abetted by husband or her relatives. Dowry system is still practiced in many parts of the country where it is highly popular among educated people than the uneducated, which is considered to be one of the evil practice. Dowry is a crime, which is completely banned but practiced by many people considering as a social practice.
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