304-B IPC

The Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal by a duo convicted and sentenced to two years of imprisonment for subjecting a woman to cruelty and harassment which forced her to commit suicide in her matrimonial place by drowning herself in a pond. The duo was charged under sections 304-B (Dowry Death) and 498-A (Subjecting a woman to cruelty in matrimonial home), but after trial mainly convicted under 498-A and sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment with a fine. 

The court commented that those making forged mark sheets are not only harming the education system but are also paralyzing the fabric of society and also attacking the roots of the education system.