{"id":39410,"date":"2015-10-13T10:12:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T10:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=39410"},"modified":"2015-10-13T10:12:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T10:12:13","slug":"two-get-8-yr-ri-for-dowry-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/two-get-8-yr-ri-for-dowry-death","title":{"rendered":"Two get 8-yr RI for dowry death"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37634\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/jail.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37634\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/mp-court-convicts-21-in-2006-provident-fund-fraud-case\/jail\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/jail.jpg?fit=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,240\" 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=\"jail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/jail.jpg?fit=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37634 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/jail.jpg?resize=300%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Two get 8-yr RI for dowry death\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/jail.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/jail.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two get 8-yr RI for dowry death<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A 30-year-old man and his father were today sentenced to eight years&#8217; rigorous imprisonment in a case of dowry death of the former&#8217;s wife.<\/p>\n<p>The accused, Nelli Mallesham and his parents Nelli Rayamallu (50) and Devamma (48), of Koratapalli village used to harass Mallesham&#8217;s wife Nelli Lavanya for dowry, according to assistant sub-inspector, legal cell, M A Rasheed.<\/p>\n<p>Lavanya&#8217;s parents had given money towards dowry at the time of her marriage in May 2010.<\/p>\n<p>However, after six months of the marriage, her husband and in-laws started harassing her physically and mentally for additional dowry.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, stressed with the constant harassment, Lavanya allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her in-law&#8217;s house on March 21, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Lavanya&#8217;s father filed a complaint of dowry death against her husband and in-laws.<\/p>\n<p>The Peddapalli police investigated the case and during trial, Devamma died.<\/p>\n<p>Karimnagar Fifth Additional Sessions Judge D Vasudeva Rao, after examining 19 witnesses, sentenced Mallesham and Rayamallu to eight-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) under section 304(B) of Indian Penal Code.<\/p>\n<p>The judge also convicted them to undergo two years RI for dowry harassment under section 498(A) of IPC, another two-year RI for demanding an additional dowry and one year imprisonment after holding them guilty under section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.<\/p>\n<p>He also imposed a fine of Rs 17,000 on each of them.<\/p>\n<p>All the sentences shall run concurrently, the judge ordered.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 30-year-old man and his father were today sentenced to eight years&#8217; rigorous imprisonment in a case of dowry death of the former&#8217;s wife. 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