Delhi News: A Delhi court has rejected the man’s petition and upheld the magistrate’s decision. In the petition, criminal action was demanded against the in-laws for unpaid dowry. Additional Sessions Judge Navjit Budhiraja was hearing the revision petition. In July 2022, the magistrate’s court had rejected the petition to file a case against the in-laws for giving undemanding dowry.
After the petition was rejected, the man’s case reached the court of Additional Sessions Judge Navjit Budhiraja. The court rejected the appeal of filing a case against the in-laws and upheld the magistrate’s decision. It was revealed in the hearing that the wife’s family had also filed a case of cruelty against the son-in-law.
Son-in-law accused of giving dowry without asking
The court said, “Unless evidence is produced by both the parties during the trial, the aspect of dowry demand cannot be effectively decided. The statement of the revisionist (Kumar) that he had never spoken to the respondents There was no demand for dowry, yet an amount of Rs 25,000 and Rs 46,000 was transferred to her account, which would be a selfish statement.”
Demand for FIR from court against in-laws
In the order passed on October 5, Judge Budhiraja said that the in-laws have already registered a case against the man under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (cruelty to a married woman by husband or relatives). The court upheld the magistrate’s observation regarding the man’s complaint that at the time of filing the FIR, his in-laws had accepted giving dowry to Kumar. Therefore, such acceptance is a crime under the Dowry Prohibition Act.
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