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Misuse of dowry law is on the rise, laments Delhi HC
Hindustan Times Delhi
|February 15, 2025
The Delhi high court has expressed concern about some women harassing their husbands and in-laws by misusing the anti-dowry law — referring to Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which was replaced by Section 86 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on July 1, 2024.
NEW DELHI:
The section in question defines the criminal code provisions pertaining to any act likely to drive a woman to suicide or harassment to coerce a woman to meet any unlawful demand for valuables.
A bench of Justice Amit Mahajan made the remarks while quashing a case registered by a wife against her husband under Section 498A in 2017, alleging harassment on the grounds of dowry demand and failure to return her "stri dhan".
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