NEW DELHI - Eighteen years after a woman lodged complaint of harassment for dowry, her estranged husband and 61-year-old mother-in-law have been jailed for two years by a Delhi court.
Metropolitan Magistrate Ekta Gauba denied the plea of convicts for probation noting that “harassment of women for dowry is increasing in today’s scenario”. “Convict Shanti Devi being herself a woman had victimized another woman (complainant) who was her daughter-in-law and Satender Yadav being the complainant’s husband was responsible to keep her happily but they victimized and harassed her for dowry...,” she said. The court held them guilty under Indian Penal Code (IPC) for misappropriating her ‘stridhan’ and denied their plea for probation as it noted that “harassment of women for dowry is increasing in today’s scenario”. Quoting from a recent Supreme Court judgement, the magistrate said, “In cases of crime against women, committed even by other women, at the time of sentencing deterrent punishment should be given and leniency in sentence is unwarranted.”
Metropolitan Magistrate Ekta Gauba denied the plea of convicts for probation noting that “harassment of women for dowry is increasing in today’s scenario”. “Convict Shanti Devi being herself a woman had victimized another woman (complainant) who was her daughter-in-law and Satender Yadav being the complainant’s husband was responsible to keep her happily but they victimized and harassed her for dowry...,” she said. The court held them guilty under Indian Penal Code (IPC) for misappropriating her ‘stridhan’ and denied their plea for probation as it noted that “harassment of women for dowry is increasing in today’s scenario”. Quoting from a recent Supreme Court judgement, the magistrate said, “In cases of crime against women, committed even by other women, at the time of sentencing deterrent punishment should be given and leniency in sentence is unwarranted.”
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