{"id":57344,"date":"2019-08-29T16:07:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T10:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=57344"},"modified":"2019-08-29T16:07:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T10:37:09","slug":"woman-alleges-marital-rape-dowry-demand-lodges-fir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/woman-alleges-marital-rape-dowry-demand-lodges-fir","title":{"rendered":"Woman Alleges Marital Rape, Dowry Demand, Lodges FIR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-7-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"206\" data-attachment-id=\"57345\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/woman-alleges-marital-rape-dowry-demand-lodges-fir\/download-7-6\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-7-1.jpg?fit=244%2C206&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"244,206\" 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 (7)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-7-1.jpg?fit=244%2C206&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-57345\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-7-1.jpg?resize=244%2C206&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-7-1.jpg?w=244&amp;ssl=1 244w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-7-1.jpg?resize=118%2C100&amp;ssl=1 118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a>A 30-year-old woman from Vadodara on Tuesday filed a complaint with Chandkheda police, alleging that her husband was\u00a0torturing her for a dowry of Rs 2 lakh &amp; frequently had sex with her against her will.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant, who married a Chandkheda-based man on Jan18, 2014, also alleged that she was forced to abort her first child but she resisted &amp; delivered a boy 4 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband, an insurance agent, abandoned her in July, &amp; she was forced to fend for herself, she has alleged.<\/p>\n<p>In her First Information Report (FIR), she states that her husband &amp; in-laws demanded jewellery &amp; even after her father fulfilled these demands, they continued to demand a dowry of Rs 2 lakh cash. She stated that her husband didn&#8217;t allow her to study &amp; made her stay at home. On her continuing to ask that she be allowed to study further, she was tortured by her husband, she alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Chandkheda police registered a case of\u00a0domestic violence\u00a0against her husband &amp; 6 members of his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 30-year-old woman from Vadodara on Tuesday filed a complaint with Chandkheda police, alleging that her husband was\u00a0torturing her for a dowry of Rs 2 lakh &amp; frequently had sex with her against her will. 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