Delhi court rejects man’s plea to book wife’s family who ‘forcibly’ gave him dowry

While upholding the magisterial tribunal order, the Additional Sessions Judge, successful its bid connected November 5, pointed retired that an FIR had already been registered against Kumar for subjecting his woman to cruelty nether Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.

Though Kumar told the tribunal that the matrimony was precise elemental and nary dowry was demanded from him, Lalsa’s household submitted that assorted gifts on with currency were fixed to Kumar lone aft being pressurized and threatened. It was further alleged that a indebtedness had to beryllium taken to transportation Rs 70,000 to Kumar.

“…until the grounds is led by some the parties during the trial, the facet of whether dowry was demanded oregon not cannot beryllium efficaciously adjudicated upon and thus, astatine this stage, the averment of the revisionist that helium ne'er demanded immoderate dowry from the respondents and contempt that a sum of Rs.25000/- and
Rs.465000/- was transferred successful his relationship would beryllium successful the quality of a aforesaid serving statement…,” said Additional Sessions Judge Navjeet Budhiraja, portion rejecting Kumar’s revision plea.