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  Bengaluru: 27-year-old techie ends life allegedly over dowry harassment; husband nabbed

  Karnataka | August 29, 2025 8:21 IST

  According to the complaint, Praveen's family had initially demanded Rs 15 lakh cash, 150 grams of gold jewelry and household items during the wedding. Although these demands were met, Shilpa's family alleged that the harassment continued, with repeated demands for additional money and valuables.

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  Dowry horror in Jodhpur: Woman teacher sets self, 3-year-old daughter on fire; both die

  Rajasthan | August 26, 2025 10:28 IST

  A government school teacher first poured petrol in the house, and then she poured petrol on herself and her daughter. Police recovered a petrol can from the scene.

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  Greater Noida tragedy puts spotlight on dowry prohibition laws in India

  India | August 25, 2025 13:52 IST

  The death of Nikki Bhati in Greater Noida has ignited national outrage, once again spotlighting the persistent threat of dowry-related violence. While India has strict laws under the Dowry Prohibition Act, BNS, and domestic violence laws, their implementation remains inconsistent.

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  Greater Noida dowry killing: Accused Vipin's father, brother arrested in Nikki's murder case

  India | August 25, 2025 10:33 IST

  This is the third arrest in the case as police had earlier arrested prime accused Vipin and later his mother in the case. Vipin Bhati was arrested after being shot during a police encounter. He was sent to 14-day judicial custody.

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  Dowry of gold, Rs 70 lakh luxury car fails to buy safety: Newlywed woman dies by suicide over abuse

  June 30, 2025 13:47 IST

  The woman, identified as Ridhanya, was found dead inside her car near Mondipalayam, sparking widespread outrage and calls for justice from her family and the local community.

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  26-year-old woman burnt alive for dowry in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit

  Crime | April 09, 2025 20:52 IST

  Uttar Pradesh horror: Before succumbing to her injuries, the victim narrated the entire sequence of events to her brother Amar Pal.

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  SC expresses concerns over dowry deaths: 'Courts are duty bound to deeply scrutinise circumstances'

  India | March 03, 2025 21:30 IST

  The Supreme Court said a superficial application of bail parameters not only undermined the gravity of the offence itself but also risked weakening public faith in the judiciary's resolve to combat the menace of dowry deaths.

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  Man ends life, accuses wife of harassment in Indore : 'I request govt to bring change in Dowry Act'

  Madhya Pradesh | January 30, 2025 20:06 IST

  The suicide case comes days after Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash ended his life accusing his wife and in-laws of harassing him, triggering a nationwide debate over laws favouring women.

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  Dowry death crime against society, shall be dealt with iron hand: Supreme Court

  India | August 19, 2022 22:21 IST

  Supreme Court on dowry death: A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna said the legislative intent of incorporating Section 304­B (dowry death) of the Indian Penal Code was to curb the menace of dowry death with a firm hand.

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  West Bengal woman strangled to death over dowry

  Crime | August 09, 2019 7:36 IST

  A married woman was allegedly strangulated to death by her husband and in-laws in a dispute over dowry in West Bengal's Malda district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place in Malda's Manikchawk police station area on Wednesday night.

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  Body of pregnant woman found stuffed in suitcase in Ghaziabad; police suspect dowry killing

  India | April 12, 2018 11:56 IST

  The woman’s husband, who works as a salesman at a garments showroom in mall, has been detained following the complaint by victim’s family who accused him of killing over not fulfilling dowry demands.   

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  Hyderabad: Army Major held after RJ wife hangs self, family claims dowry death

  India | May 04, 2017 12:18 IST

  Almost two weeks after radio jockey (RJ) Sandhya Singh was found hanging from the ceiling fan at the Army quarters in Bolarum, Hyderabad Police on Wednesday arrested her husband, an Indian Army major, under charges related to dowry death among others

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  Dowry death social crime but can't convict husband without proof: Delhi court

  India | December 04, 2016 10:00 IST

  To hang one's wife to death is a heinous crime but a husband cannot be convicted without any reliable evidence, a Delhi court has said while acquitting a man and his family members, all residents of east Delhi, in a 2008 murder and dowry death case.

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  24,771 dowry deaths reported in last 3 years: Govt

  India | August 01, 2015 4:56 IST

  New Delhi: A total of 24,771 dowry deaths have been reported in the country in past three years with maximum of them occurring in Uttar Pradesh with 7,048 deaths.In a written reply in Lok Sabha,

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  Nothing less than life imprisonment for dowry deaths, says SC

  India | June 10, 2012 17:13 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 10: A sentence lesser than life term cannot be awarded to convicts for heinous offences like dowry death where the victim is killed in a brutal manner, the Supreme Court has ruled.A

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  Delhi Lady Dentist Found Dead In GK, Husband Held

  India | November 03, 2011 11:39 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 3: The body of Dr Teena Dutta Gogna was found in her builder husband's house in posh Greater Kailash on Wednesday. Police have arrested her husband Vivek Gogna on charge of dowry