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Mangalore: Dowry harassment - mother-in-law gets four years in jail

  •   Fri, Jan 25 2013 09:11:07 AM

Mangalore: Dowry harassment - mother-in-law gets four years in jail

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (VM)

Mangalore, Jan 25: The court sentenced a woman to four years in jail for harassing her daughter-in-law for dowry.

Shakeela Dastagir (52), a resident near Marnamikkatta has been sentenced to 4 years, 6 months in jail, together with a penalty of Rs 1.15 lac.

As per the information obtained, Yasmin had filed a complaint stating that her mother-in-law Shakeela and others had tortured her for dowry in 2006. She married Sirajuddin Sayyed in 2003.

Sources said that Sirajuddin’s family had placed a demand of Rs 3 lac cash and 100 sovereigns gold at the time of the wedding but Yasmin’s father could only afford 50 sovereigns. But after marriage, Yasmin was tortured and harrased by her husband, mother-in-law and other family members to get more gold from her parental house, stated Yasmin in her complaint.

Justice Chintha who led the hearing sentenced Shakeela to 4 years, 6 months jail term and imposed a penalty of Rs 1.15 lac. Yasmin’s husband and his brother were not present during the hearing as they are abroad.
  

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  • ANuj, Bangalore

    Sat, Nov 23 2013

    MUST and MUST be a case of MISUSE of DOWRY law...I have seen many cases where wife filed 498A just to take personal revenge on a trivial issue.

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  • christine, mangalore/kuwait

    Mon, Jan 28 2013

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  • Denis Pinto, Mangalore

    Sun, Jan 27 2013

    A wife expects too much from their husband, many a times beyond his purse. The Women want to match their friends / neighbours / relations etc.They want a foreign trip every year, goo new sarees / jewellery et all. The wife does not understand that jewellery is meant for ugly necks / faces. If a woman is pretty to look at why wear jewellery ?

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  • deepak kumar, Mangalore / Indian

    Sat, Jan 26 2013

    Ethan Avidhan, Florida/ Mangalore...My Symathies to your sad married life !!!!
    Lydia Lobo has not commented anything about you, for u to lash at her!!! She has just given her suggestion!! So take it or leave it!!!

    Whatever happened with your married life was "HELL" . Let your life be an example to others to "Let Go" and continue with your life.
    I pray that something good will happen in your life soon !!!
    God bless you Ethan my friend !!

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  • Ethan Avidhan, Florida/ Mangalore

    Sat, Jan 26 2013

    Lydia Lobo, Kadri and one more thing I forgot to mention, I have never taken any dowry in fact all the marriage expenses was borne by me and Till date I do not know what her parents gave her as I was not interested in those silly things. also I made so many property and Fixed deposit in my wife's name, even with all this wretched women accused me falsely just to spend time with her paramour with my money!!and the shameless creature does everything as if nothing and keeps on spreading false rumors to destroy my life more than what is, you think that is it fair when the court orders me to pay a sustenance to this evil conniving sub human being!

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  • Ethan Avidhan, Florida/ Mangalore

    Sat, Jan 26 2013

    Lydia Lobo, Kadri you are a feminist what justice are you talking about. You know what is going on in India Rape and Killing this is the byproduct of What injustice has been done to Innocent people, they will hunt and kill,
    once a innocent Man is wrongly accused by a close female especially a wife , he will not tolerate the sight of any other female in his life.
    So feminist carry on with whatever you are doing and suffer the back lash, I do not care for your family but I do care for my family, I do not want my family to be harmed by the antagonizing and Provoking feminist like you!
    And what you or your supporters can do to a person who is ready to die, and he will not hesitate to go to any extent to again torture and kill some innocent victim just to avenge the injustice done to him and his family, Does anyone comprehend this vicious circle.
    I understand this Issue very well as I too am a victim of Such false allegations when my wife was having an affair with her own relative, so her family supported after she took everything from me, And I know what my family went through, But still I do not hate women, I try to be gender neutral as they say you cannot clap with one hand but what ever happened to me has really a learning curve to Understand the pain and suffering one goes through, and all the things that wife and relatives can do to make your life unbearable , even though so many times it crossed my mind to “Teach” them a “good” lesson my Christian upbringing never let me do it, but all may not be as strong mentally as me, so they just break down and do the unthinkable in a fit of rage and no law in the democratic world can do anything about it, please educate yourself about , do not try to win the battle and lose the War!

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  • Daisy, Moodbidri/Canada

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    Hello,

    I disagree on your comment John. Since you had a bitter experience in your life, do not judge and insult all the girls parents and girls (perhaps you might have your mom and sisters as well). Your 90% ratio is too high.

    I hope you will get a good partner in the future from 10 %

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  • JOHN DSOUZA, Mumbai/USA

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    In Indi it is Common now where now and False Case are charged on the Husband and His Family and there is no way to escape due to Indian One sided Law. As i am the one Who have gone through this where i had to Pay Lakhs to my Greedy wife and his Family (Greedy Beggars) to come to a Compromise and sort out of Court Settlment and even i had to pay the other Party Lawyer to take the False case Back. As i was working in U.S Thank God i have got Divorced through Court Now waiting for the Church Divorce.
    Guys please beware when getting married have a through Investigation of the girl background and their family .
    90% of them are greedy beggars.

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  • praba shetty, mangalore

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    New trend is that boyz dont demand dowry by cash....... instead burden galz family with engagement expense,sangeeth expense, wedding expense, reception expense that too in TMA Pai convention centre.... Then they claim to be a gentleman.

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  • Roshan Braganza, Mumbai

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    @ J P reddy , bangalore. Sir , what can be the possible defences for husbands against false dowry or domestic harrassment accusation. Any credible witness against the complaint can be produced in court?. Suppose if a person has moved over from indian citizenship but retained OCI ...overseas citizen of india , then do these anti men laws are applicable on him too?. What r chances of making this act gender neutral and also amending act to make false cases too counted , punished ?!........... @ Lydia lobo , kadri , that do show your selfish other side. Why on earth u feel husband should book property in her wifes name . Is it to warrant more harrasment from wife and in laws ?

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  • David Lobo, Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    Even the husbands brother/ sister / in-laws etc innocently working and living in Antartica or the Falkland Islands can be made a party by his brothers wife (in India) who has filed a case under the Dowry Act. These people will have to come personally before the trial court in India !

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  • K.Krishna Pai, Kumble

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    Gifts given the the bride by the parents can be termed DOWRY. Even the arrangements for the wedding and the wedding expenses can be termed as DOWRY in India.

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  • J.P. Reddy, High Court Advocate, , Bangalore

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    The Dowry Act can be misused to achieve a sinister goal and has been misused by the wife against the husband and husbands family.There is no law to protect the husband or the husbands family if there is a misunderstanding between the husband and wife or if the wife's case is false. This is a very serious problem and Men's groups in India are fighting for protection from such false cases which includes 5 years jail term for the wife. Please put yourself in the shoes where your wife has falsely charged you with dowry harassment wherein the truth is that she is carrying on with another man. There are many such cases in India and plenty in Bangalore. Even jewellery honestly given by the wife's parents to the married daughter (on their own) is claimed to be due to 'dowry harassment'. Not that every dowry case against the husband and the husbands family is full of truth.

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  • G R PRABHU, BEJAI ,MANGALORE

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    This will be a lesson to those who wants to marry for the sake of Dowry.My slogan is NO DOWRY-NO WORRY.

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  • Lydia Lobo, Kadri

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    Dowry is a monster, silently eating up the peace in our society. The day we stand up and say 'I will not give any dowry' and 'I will not demand any dowry' we can actually judge the MIL-DIL dispute with just.

    If at all a girl's side lays compulsion to receive something, tell them to give her a piece of land and you register it in her name.

    How many of you are ready ? I can imagine a very negligible percentage. Prove me wrong !

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  • Mike , KSA

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    I do not want to comment on the above episode, whether the mother-in-law is guilty or innocent, because we do not know the facts, other than those projected in the media.

    But in general, the naked truth is that the enemity between the mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law is a going on since ages and it will continue till the end of time.

    But the disturbing fact is that quite often, the daughters-in-law misuse the Dowry harassment as a weapon to settle the score against the mothers-in-law and other members of the husband's family.

    The sadest thing is that when a daughter-in-law commits suicide without analysing the real reasons, the girl's relatives immediately jump to the conclusion saying that it is a dowry death, so the husband's full family to be arrested.

    It is really pathetic.

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  • mumtaz banu, oman/ mangalore

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    very good indeed ! Mrs Shakeela deserves this punishment. she was punished for her unlawful act

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  • Jaimini P.B., Manipal,Sharjah

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    Mr.Roshan Braganza..You always argue in favour of opposite side or negative side in your comments. Here too, you support mother in law who is a culprit.(minimum 10 dowry deaths in one month due to harrasment in karnataka ) Anyway,your comments are very interesting which don't hurt one's feeling but make him/her angry and you smile silently..You can be a good lawyer for the accused.Good luck..You are one of the special commentators in Daiji column.

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  • shahnawaz kukkikatte, dubai/udupi

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    Does any one want dowry?????????????
    Both husband and his brother should have been sentenced in their absence. Without the support of the husband the mother in law dare not ask for dowry..The main culprit is the husband and jail for 10 years and arrest him on arrival and take him straight to his mother in jail.....Such harsh punishments can deter demand for dowry and shall lower the female foeticide.

    The society must congratulate the judge and honour her for this land mark judgement....The judge is true daughter of this great country...

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  • GERALD, MODANKAP

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    GOOD NEWS !! THANKS

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  • Steevan, Mangalore/Dubai

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    Dear Govt/Police Dept.
    Good decision, it could be done before 10 years back. Any ways please don’t stop. If you start finding like this case you will find so many cases like this. Keep it up. All the very best

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  • Ethan Avidhan, Florida/ Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    This is the best sentencing ever this judge is the most level headed person ever, this is called wisdom which comes from real education, As most of family breaks not because of Man but due to another Woman , Moral women are always the true enemies of each other

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  • Roshan Braganza, Mumbai

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    The so called 'women empowerment' bills back firing on women itself. One should note most of cases filed under dowry harrasement are fake and often used to settle score or avenge on husband and in laws . Its turning out to be WIVES INDIA rather than MOTHER INDIA , as we forgotten mother and her rights too!

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  • Juliet Mascarenhas, Bejai/Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    Shakila Behen, had you accepted DIL herself as a dowry ,today you would have had a better living.

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  • Yamby, Mangalore / Qatar

    Fri, Jan 25 2013

    Very Good!

    Mother - in - Law(?)s Beware!

    The Law will punish your unlawful act.

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