Court raises concern over false dowry cases

Expressing concern over misuse of penal provisions for dowry harassment,a Delhi court told women that it is better to get out of a sour marriage instead of becoming vengeful.

The court’s concern was expressed during a ruling by Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau,upholding the acquittal of a man and his three family members of the charges of harassing his wife. She cited a Supreme Court verdict that termed it as “legal terrorism”.

“I may observe that Section 498A (subjecting woman to cruelty) of IPC in recent years has become a consummate embodiment of gross human rights violation,extortion and corruption. Even the SC had acknowledged this,” ASJ

Lau said.