{"id":56893,"date":"2019-07-25T12:49:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T07:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56893"},"modified":"2019-07-25T12:49:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T07:19:39","slug":"man-gets-7-year-rigorous-imprisonment-for-dowry-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-gets-7-year-rigorous-imprisonment-for-dowry-harassment","title":{"rendered":"Man Gets 7-Year Rigorous Imprisonment for Dowry Harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The II additional sessions judge (ASJ) Court, LB Nagar, convicted a 27-year-old man in a\u00a0dowry death\u00a0case &amp; awarded him seven-year\u00a0rigorous imprisonment\u00a0(RI). He was also ordered to pay a fine of Rs 5,000.<\/p>\n<p>The dowry death case was registered in 2014 after 20-year-old\u00a0Afsar Zabeen\u00a0committed suicide by hanging due to frequent harassment for additional dowry by her husband, Shaik Mohammod.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-14.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-attachment-id=\"56894\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-gets-7-year-rigorous-imprisonment-for-dowry-harassment\/download-14-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-14.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" 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=\"download (14)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-14.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-14.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56894\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-14.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-14.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-14.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>At the time of the wedding, according to police, the victim\u2019s family gave ?2 lakh net cash, 10.5 tolas gold, 45 tolas silver, a Honda Shine motorcycle &amp; other items as dowry &amp; performed her marriage to Shaik, a private employee &amp; a resident of\u00a0Maheswaramvillage.<\/p>\n<p>However, after a few days of marriage, Shaik started harassing the victim for additional dowry &amp; wanted a fridge. Afsar also found that Shaik was having an extramarital affair. He would come back home drunk &amp; beat up the victim. In April, unable to tolerate the harassment, the victim committed suicide by hanging herself at her house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The II additional sessions judge (ASJ) Court, LB Nagar, convicted a 27-year-old man in a\u00a0dowry death\u00a0case &amp; awarded him seven-year\u00a0rigorous imprisonment\u00a0(RI). He was also ordered to pay a fine of Rs 5,000. 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