On Friday (August 29, 2025), the Supreme Court, while acquitting the woman trapped on the charge of cruelty with the daughter -in -law, commented that the in -laws are rapidly spreading from the wind. A bench of Justice Arvind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria gave the verdict on a petition filed against the decision of the Uttarakhand High Court.
The High Court upheld the woman’s conviction and three years of sentence. The woman was convicted on the grounds under Section 498-A of the then Indian Penal Code that her daughter-in-law had told the members of the maiden before she died that the in-laws were harassing her for dowry.
Never demand dowry from daughter -in -law
Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code is related to the crime of cruelty by her husband or her relatives to the married woman. The Supreme Court, however, took cognizance of the fact that the appellant’s neighbor who appeared as a witness in the case claimed that the daughter -in -law was never demanded.
The bench said, “His evidence was rejected by the lower court and the High Court on the basis that it could not present any facts regarding the demand for dowry, as it takes place within the boundary wall, which is a wrong conclusion.” Especially in such cases when the daughter-in-law is rapidly spreading from the wind.
The deceased woman father had accused
The father of the deceased lodged a complaint in June 2001 that his daughter was found dead in her in -laws’ house. The father had alleged that his daughter was pregnant at the time of death and told the people of the maiden that her mother -in -law taunts for dowry.
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