498-A

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 Punjab and Haryana H...