{"id":37921,"date":"2015-06-11T11:50:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T11:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=37921"},"modified":"2015-06-11T11:50:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T11:50:05","slug":"dowry-case-3-of-family-get-life-sentence-for-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dowry-case-3-of-family-get-life-sentence-for-killing","title":{"rendered":"Dowry case: 3 of family get life sentence for killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37922\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/burn.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37922\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dowry-case-3-of-family-get-life-sentence-for-killing\/burn\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/burn.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"burn\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/burn.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/burn.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37922 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/burn.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dowry case: 3 of family get life sentence for killing \" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dowry case: 3 of family get life sentence for killing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A local court has awarded life imprisonment to three members of a family for killing a woman as she was unable to fulfil their dowry demands.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Session Judge L D Solanki yesterday awarded the sentence to the victim&#8217;s husband Vijay Mahajan (38), mother-in-law Chandrakala Mahajan (60) and sister-in-law Anita Gupta (37), on the basis of evidence and witnesses produced by the prosecution, a court official said today.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, the victim was brought to hospital in a burnt condition on March 12, 2013. She succumbed to her injuries during treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The postmortem report confirmed death due to burn injuries.<\/p>\n<p>During the probe, it was also established that she was set on fire by the trio as she was unable to meet their dowry demands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local court has awarded life imprisonment to three members of a family for killing a woman as she was unable to fulfil their dowry demands. 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