Dowry Deaths
Dowry means any property or valiable security given to or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly ( 1) by one party of the marriage to the other party of the marriage or (2) by the parent of either party of the marriage or (3) by any other person to either party of the marriage in connection with the marriage of the daid parties.
Dower orMahr– It is the money which is offered to the bride by the groom at the time of marriage as per Muslim Personal Law, for clothes, ornaments and others, which are customery at marriage.Thie is not considerd as dowry.
DEFINITION
Where the death of a woman is caused by any burn, bodily injury, or under abnormal circumstances within the seven years of her marriage, and it is shown that soon before her death she was the subjected to cruelty or harassment by her the husband or any relative of her husband for, or in the connection with, any demand for dowry, that death should be termed as dowry death . The following conditions should be considered as presumption of dowry death–
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- Murder
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- Suspected murder
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- Suicide
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- Suspected death
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- Request by relatives
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- Police consideration
MDICOLEGAL IMPORTANCE
Suicide by the woman within this period also be taken as dowry death.
Death of any other married woman below the age of 30 years should be suspected as dowry dath
Inquest should be done by first class magistrate or by the police with rank of deputy superintendant and above.
Autopsy should be carried out by two medical officer
Such husband or his relative shall be deemedto have caused her death.
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