present case clearly appears to be an instance of bride burning.
When the actions of a person become governed by his insatiable hunger
for more ... Rajasthan , AIR 1990 SC 2134 where its noted as under :
"Bride burning is a shame of our society. Poor never resort
to it. Rich
alleged that the accused has committed a grave offence.
2. Bride burning is undoubtedly a very grave and heinous crime. In bride burning cases even ... bail applications. In the recent time there has been rise in bride burning cases and these cases are required to be dealt with strictly while
undergo rigorous
imprisonment for three months.
2. Dowry death and bride burning are social evils which have marred
the very concept of marriage being ... increasing no. of cases relating to
dowry deaths and bride burning, and if the National Crime Records
Bureau's statistics are something
last decade there has been sharp increase in the cases of bride burning, homicide, suicide on account of cruel treatment meted out to the brides
purely political field.
15. The increasing incidents of bride burning as indeed of stray cases of harassment of and even of suicide by the mother ... bride, or not so fortunate mother-in-law, there is a qualitative difference between their respective circumstances and situations. While cases of bride burning
circumstances which arouse social wrath, or in cases of "bride burning" or "dowry deaths" or when murder is committed in order
purely political filed.
15. The increasing incidents of bride burning as indeed of stray cases of harassment of and even of suicide by the mother ... bride, or not so fortunate mother-in-law, there is a qualitative difference between their respective circumstances and situations. While cases of bridge burning
circumstances which arouse social wrath; or in cases of bride burning or dowry deaths or when murder is committed in order to remarry
order to restore the social balance.
(b) In cases of 'bride burning' and what are known as 'dowry-
deaths' or when
Chandrakant Jha vs State (Govt. Of Nct) Of Delhi on 27 January, 2016
Author: Sanjiv
