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that her ciaughter is adrxzitteci to the .h{;:~;pii;3l. PKV 32: 'hi;
the hespitai. On. enqui1"y', the victim states that
persons have d<31_1sed her with ker0s<flj~':6"'a1=';<i {§'Ei1,1S§§&"'tI_"3€§ 'bi1r'i1
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the: _PW§ 12 try
the deceased at the I20spital,””t_1E:e.}fJr}si,i::c)i*té§m Ir£:p0rt to Show
that the déath is I*;.(31T11i«:ir;”i2z1 3.:1C17″ih}:’; £:’uf<§1.1I11S;ta.1f:'§§6 of' C{(3C€E1S(f(}.
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visits t1V1€:%…_i_1"C:s;5ii:"-,«+3,_, '7I?.l:9ie__"iifz¢;;Sr.§:*(i nlakes 21 Oral dying
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doe=i.$".I1m§"'v:11ake any effort to get; the ibiiilai d}zii'1g
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'crmzitjgar harafisilzerxt is vague anti precisely does not state
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b<:c:;'1 iH1p1i«::at<::d to harass t,}"x{-3m.
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vaguti. In tliat. viaw of the 1:131:81′,’-1.i”1&j”c}:*de’1*._of_’i:::>f1″§%”i::”:t.i’€3f}i
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under Sections 498A, .306 mad Fifi. ,.e_11′.:§ 13S£:ct.i;’1s
3,4 and 6 of D.C. Act r€a£1″xs;:it.k3, fi?C is bad in law.
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