Thane:
A prison offence has been registered towards a 36-year-old man and his dad and mom for allegedly harassing the daughter-in-law over the unfulfilled dowry demand of Rs 20 lakh in Navi Mumbai, police mentioned on Tuesday.
As per the FIR, earlier than finalising the wedding, the household of the accused had demanded Rs 20 lakh in the direction of the “value of the groom” from the sufferer’s father.
The accused trio and the sufferer girl hail from Bihar however are at the moment dwelling in CBD Belapur node of Mumbai’s satellite tv for pc metropolis. No arrest is made to this point.
“The sufferer girl (34) was overwhelmed up continuously by her husband and subjected to cruelty throughout November 2017-August 2023 after she did not pay Rs 20 lakh promised by her father whereas finalising the wedding,” a police official mentioned.
The FIR said that the lady’s father had given gold ornaments and numerous digital devices to the groom.
Police have charged the husband, recognized as Anand Ranjan, and his dad and mom beneath sections 498A (Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a girl, topics such girl to cruelty), 323 (Punishment for voluntarily inflicting harm), and 504 (· Intentional insult with intent to impress breach of the peace) of the Indian Penal Code, the official added.
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