Dowry Death

Dowry Crime 

             Cruelty/Domestic Violence/Abetment to suicide/Dowry death 

Dowry death- If a woman is murdered, burned or driven to suicide by continuous harassment and torture by husband and in-laws in order to extract money or other valuables in the form of dowry, it will be referred to as a dowry death. 

This usually happens when the wife is unable to bear the torture and ends up hanging herself or consumes poison or is set ablaze on fire. The minimum punishment for dowry death is 7 years but the court may award higher sentences.

                                                 Dowry related offences under IPC

                                                                                   

Dowry Death: 304 B IPC 

Statistics: India 

2005 -2018

Dowry Death: 2011

2012 -2015; 24,771 women have lost their lives

2018: Noida and Ghaziabad ( Rape incidence go down)

Dowry Death incidence go up

                     Shafaque Alam| TNN | Oct 16, 2018, 00:19 IST

                  Murder, rape cases go down, but dowry deaths spike in Noida 

In Noida, cases of murder (57) and loot (44) are marginally lower this year 

compared to previous year’s 66 and 95 respectively in the corresponding period.

 

Cases of dacoity increased to five from last year’s four. However, from January 

to September, Noida police registered 25 cases of Dowry death against 18 in the 

same period last year.

Cases of domestic violence registered under Section 498A (husband or relative

subjecting woman to cruelty) also increased from 187 to 220 this year.

                                                                   

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