4 verified cases involving Dowry death, newest first.
Deepali died in Mahoba under suspicious circumstances, leading to allegations of dowry harassment from her maternal family. While the family claims she was strangled over demands for a car and additional dowry, the in-laws allege the death was a suicide.
Police have registered a case against the husband and in-laws of a 33-year-old IT engineer, Trishna Sakpal, following her suicide. The complaint, filed by her father, alleges that the accused subjected her to physical and mental harassment over dowry demands, including pressure to transfer her assets and salary. A suicide note recovered by the police names the five accused persons.
Following the death of 21-year-old Shivani Verma, whose body was discovered in Girdharipur village six months after her marriage, the Izzatnagar police in Bareilly have arrested her husband, mother-in-law, and father-in-law. The case, initially registered based on an FIR filed by the victim's brother, alleges murder related to dowry demands involving eleven named accused.
The Allahabad High Court acquitted a husband in a dowry death and abetment to suicide case. The court ruled that a conviction for abetment of suicide requires evidence of instigation that is directly and immediately connected to the act of suicide.