STOP Misuse of Dowry Law.

Please Sign PIL Against Misuse of 498A

Todays modern indian women, in the name of LAW, misuseing Dowry protection Act IPC -498a to harass innocent husband, his old aged parents and his sisters, Even if he has not taken any dowry or demand any dowry. Just because she is not able to adjust to husband home, To have more Freedom, To control her in-laws, When husband find out her infedelity. or Blackmail husband incase he divorce her, for her mistakes.

Under this section Authority charge Everyone who named,without any Enquiry,they jail old Aged parents of husband, Full pregenent sisters of husband, and also breast fed children of her coz they cann`t seperate when mother was falsly charged in 498a. it is not a law to protect women but harass more innocent women to protect one women.

The Dowry Prohibition Act, was enacted with the intention of protecting wives from marital violence, abuse and extortionist dowry demands, however, the actual implementation of these laws has left a bitter trail of disappointment, anger and resentment in its wake, among the affected families

The truth is, that there were adequate provisions in the IPC Sections 323, 324, 325 and 326 for use against anyone who assaults a woman or causes her injury. The Indian Penal Code was amended twice during the 1980s - first in 1983 and again in 1986 - to define special categories of crimes dealing with marital violence and abuse In 1983, Section 498A of the IPC defined a new cognizable offence, namely, "cruelty by husband or relatives of husband". This means that under this law the police have no option but to take action, once such a complaint is registered by the victim or any of her relatives. It prescribes imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and also includes a fine. The definition of cruelty is not just confined to causing grave injury, bodily harm, or danger to life, limb or physical health, but also includes mental health, harassment and emotional torture through verbal abuse. This law takes particular cognisance of harassment, where it occurs with a view to coercing the wife, or any person related to her, to meet any unlawful demand regarding any property or valuable security, or occurs on account of failure by her, or any person related to her, to meet such a demand.

During the same period, two amendments to the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961, enacted in 1984 and 1986, made dowry giving and receiving a cognizable offence. Even in this case, where a person is prosecuted for taking or abetting dowry, or for demanding dowry, the burden of proof that he had not committed the offence was placed on the accused. However, no punitive provisions were added for those making false allegations or exaggerated claims. There is, of course, the law against perjury (lying on oath). But in India, the courts expect people to prevaricate and lawyers routinely encourage people to make false claims because such stratagems are assumed to be part of the legal game in India. Therefore, the law against perjury has hardly ever been invoked in India. Section 406, to be invoked by the woman to file cases against her husband and in-laws for retrieval of her dowry prescribes imprisonment of upto three years for criminal breach of trust. Often, highly exaggerated or bogus claims are made by unscrupulous families who demand the return of more than was given as 'stridhan', using the draconian sections 498A and section 406 of the IPC as a bargaining tool.

Furthermore, another Section 304B was added to the IPC to deal with yet another new category of crime called "dowry death". This section states that if the death of a woman is caused by burns or bodily injury, or occurs under abnormal circumstances, within seven years of her marriage and it is shown that just prior to her death she was subjected to cruelty by her husband or any relative of her husband, in connection with any demand for dowry, such a death would be called a "dowry death", and the husband or relative would would be deemed to have caused her death. The burden of proof is shifted to the accused party. The basic spirit of Indian jurisprudence is that a person is presumed innocent till proven guilty. However, in all these cases the person is assumed guilty till proven innocent.

The person held guilty of a "dowry death" shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life. By inserting a new section 113B in the Indian Evidence Act, the lawmakers stipulated that in cases that get registered by the police as those of "dowry death", the court shall presume that the accused is guilty unless he can prove otherwise.

This is understandable in cases of death because the unnatural demise of a woman through suicide or murder is in itself proof that something was seriously wrong in the marriage. But problems arise when the same presumption applies to cases of domestic discord where the underlying cause of conflict is not necessarily the husband's violence, abuse or economic demands but due to the couple's inability to get along with each other.

The law was recast, heavily weighted in the woman's favour, on the assumption that only genuinely aggrieved women would come forward to lodge complaints and that they would invariably tell the truth. In the process, however, the whole concept of due process of law had been overturned in these legal provisions dealing with domestic violence With the police as well as lawyers encouraging female complainants to use this as a necessary ploy to implicate their marital families, making them believe that their complaint will not be taken seriously otherwise. It has become a distinct trend to include dowry demands in every complaint of domestic discord or cruelty, even when dowry was not an issue at all. This has created an erroneous impression that all of the violence in Indian homes is due to a growing greed for more dowry.

This tendency has received a further fillip with the enactment of 498 A, mentioning dowry demands seems to have become a common ritual in virtually all cases registered with the police or filed in court, misusing the provisions of sections 498A and 406. Even members of many women's organisations themselves acknowledge such abuse. Things have come to this pass, not just due to police and judicial corruption/apathy but also because the laws, as they are currently framed, lend themselves to easy abuse.

All these amendments placed draconian powers in the hands of the police without adequate safeguards against the irresponsibility of the enforcement machinery. There are any number of cases coming to light where Section 498A has been used mainly as an instrument of blackmail. It lends itself to easy misuse as a tool for wreaking vengeance on entire families, because, under this section, it is available to the police to arrest anyone a married woman names as a tormentor in her complaint, as "cruelty" in marriage has been made a non-bailable offence. Thereafter, bail in such cases has been denied as a basic right.

This law has lent itself to gross abuse, because arresting and putting a person in jail, even before the trial has begun, amounts to pre-judging and punishing the accused without due process. Although a preliminary investigation is required after the registration of the F.I.R, in practice such complaints are registered, whether the charges are proved valid or not, and arrest warrants issued, without determining whether the concerned family is actually abusive, or they have been falsely implicated. Our laws do not recognise the possibility of daughters-in-law maltreating old in-laws or other vulnerable members of their husband's family.

There are any number of cases where the problem is mutual maladjustment of the couple rather than abuse by the entire joint family. However, a host of relatives, including elderly parents, who are not necessarily the cause of maladjustment, have all been arrested and put in jail for varying lengths of time before the trial begins. There have been several cases where judges have refused bail unless the accused family deposits a certain sum of money in the complainant's name as a precondition to the grant of bail.

There have been of instances where the main point of discord between the couple was that the wife wanted the husband to leave his parent's home or an old widowed mother and set up a nuclear family. Since the man resisted this move, the wife used 498A as a bargaining device, without success though.
Indeed, there have been many cases where the woman uses the strict provisions of 498A in the hope of enhancing her bargaining position vis a vis her husband and in-laws. Her lawyers often encourage her in the misguided belief that her husband would be so intimidated that he will be ready to concede all her demands. However, once a family has been sent to jail even for a day, they are so paranoid that they refuse to consider a reconciliation under any circumstances, pushing instead for divorce, then they are in a fight to the finish. Thus, many a woman ends up with a divorce she didn't want and with weaker, rather than strengthened, terms of bargaining.
Often, these highly exaggerated or bogus claims made by unscrupulous wives and her family fail to stand scrutiny and many cases do not go far because the charges are so exaggerated that the cases fall through. In many instances, out-of-court settlements are made, by presenting, with mutual consent, a joint petition/ in the High Court u/s 482 Cr. P.C., using 498A as a bargaining point by the woman's family. But this in itself amounts to using the law as a weapon of intimidation rather than a tool of justice defeating the letter, spirit and purpose of the law depriving the truly deserving cases of her legitimate dues....
This Law no longer support Age old indian traditions, and marital harmony or solve the Problems of Marriage,than breaking it.
Please support our cause to SAVE Indian Families, institute of sacred Marriage and Our Society.

JAI HIND.


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Name: Amitabh Srivastava
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Name: Rohan
From: Delhi
E-mail: rohan.p07@googlemail.com 		Please remove this ill-formulated law of 498a and DV.
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Name: Lucky
From: Indore
E-mail: luckysaluja@gmail.com 		Mife wife's name is 498A. i am married to her recently and spending alot on her maintainance.
I wish i would have been a girl and could have used this tool to spend my life levishly after my separation.

I think this law is introduced to reduce the female child killings adn introducing a way out to all the parents that female child is no longer a "BOJH" ; on her parents.

Rather in todays era of indian law's beautiful presentation "498A" ; a male child is a curse.
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Name: roop srinivasa
From: Bangalore
E-mail: roopa1981@msn.com 		I am a victim of such law. My mother in law threatened to use this law. My wife was a mute spectator. I feel like committing suicide so many times.
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Name: Saikat Majumdar
From: Bangalore
E-mail: msaikat1208@yahoo.co.in 		Having been an innocent victim of DV & desertion by wife, for no valid reasons, and oon the verge of facing a 498A in the future, it is high time that the legal fraternity come forward & realise how this Act is being mis-used.
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Name: dinesh rohil
From: delhi
E-mail: rohil2008@yahoo.co.in 		we should all get together to fight this evil. no one listens to the men. women can do whatever she wants to do.no one asks her anything. dont we men have the right to live peacefully?
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Name: shashi pal seth
From: KAITHAL-136027(HARYANA)
E-mail: ktlsps@yahoo.co.in 		498a is a plan to vanish HINDUNESS from india.oue enemies knew that v draw inspiration from our mandirs-they demolished.misi nterpreted our scriptures.our main sterength is our FAMILY UNIT.now it is plan 2 ruin our families.foren enemies hv their roads in our govt n they r bent upon finishing us
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From: KANPUR
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Name: Sudhir
From: Chennai
E-mail: sudhirkumor@gmail.com 		There is no justice in this 498a ACT for Womans itself. This is act should be stoped immediately, I will support SAVE Indian Families.....
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Name: Keshava Murthy J
From: Bangalore, Karnataka
E-mail: Javy18@gmail.com 		This section of IPC (498A) and 3&4 DP act is the most abused of all! Even though the wife is at fault on some grounds and this has been brought to the notice of Police Commissioner and State Human Rights Commission, Still she has managed to lodge a complaint on dowry harassment and Polic have arrested without even investigating the case!!

H ow many men should go through this mental torture and bear with all the injustice that is going on in the name of equality and justice!!
Jai Hind!
Keshav a
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Name: Vibhor Jain
From: Delhi
E-mail: vibhor110@rediffmail.com 		Any law which discriminates people on the basis of sex or race or religion is violation of a person's constitutional rights. Governments need to work towards creating awareness and educating people rather than creating such biased laws which allow people from one sex to discriminate against people from other sex. 498A is being ramplantly misused, everyone accepts whether it is society, police, courts or our government. We need to unite and address the issue.
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Submitted by Comments:
Name: Ram kumar
From: Bangaore
 Please abolish this aw or make changes. Before the police can arrest, the law should investigate. If the complaint is false, the family complaining should be arrested.
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Name: Sarabjit Singh
From: Mumbai
E-mail: sarabjitgandhi@gmail.com 		when a women files a complaint, the mans family (man, his mother, his father) automatically are treated guilty at par with the worst terrorists. In the name of civic society!

What kind of system is this! How many men have to commit suicide due to these unreasonable laws? what more will it take to get the laws reviewed to ensure a just and stable society.

You created feminist laws and say it is equal society. Review it, is it just, is this what is equal?
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Name: Ashok Kumar Gupta
From: Delhi
E-mail: akgicwai@yahoo.co.in 		Shame on Indian Legal System .. which instead of protecting us ... Frame us... why don't Courts take signed affidavits from persons who are framed /charged of dowry crime that if they will be found involved hars penalty shall be levied... shame on us ... real shame on all of us who never show concern for this ....
Is this not violation of Fundamental Right ?
Right to quality , right to personal liberty

Ashok
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Name: vikrant
From: delhi
E-mail: advocatevikrantsharma@gmail.com 		sec 498A is based on bonafide motives. however, what we need is to get it implemented in a right manner and maintain a balance between rights of both the parties i.e. husband and the wife and it requires extra caution so that its blind use could be checked and it does not result into injustice.
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Name: nelson
From: assam
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Name: Saibal Bhattcharjee
From: Pune
E-mail: saibal_bh31@rediffmail.com 		Let's stop this legal terrorism .
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Name: SUNIL KUMAR
From: LUDHIANA PUNJAB
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Name: Abhimanyu Veer Singh
From: Mathura, UP
Website: http://www.orkut.com/Romi aka Abhimanyu
E-mail: ekshringa13@gmail.com 		This law goes again the basic principles of natural justice as enshrined in the constitutions of various democratic countries of the world: It is the result of an unscrupulous and corrupt party [the Congress, fiefdom of the Gandhi dynasty] continuing to devasatate the social fabric of India for short-term political gains.
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Name: Sharif
From: Lucknow
E-mail: getsharif@yahoo.com 		Strict laws are deterrent. But it should be equally justified for both males & females. Females filing false cases should be punished very very harshly & stringently.
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Name: Vikas Goel
From: Delhi
E-mail: vikasgoyal_dce@yahoo.com 		A draconian law well termed as "Legal terrorism" by Hon'ble Supreme Court.
Such Laws should be amended so that innocent persons dont get tortured.
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Name: FOR TRUE JUSTICE
From: RAJASTHAN
E-mail: omdurgadevi@gmail.com 		LAWS LIKE THESE SHOULD BE BANNED!!
WITH LAWS LIKE THIS INDIANS ARE IN CONSTANT STATE OF EMERGENCY!
S UCH LAWS ARE DETRIMENTAL TO THE VERY SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
I F, THOSE IN POSITIONS TO AMEND THESE LAWS ARE INACTIVE AND NOT DOING ANYTHING TO AMEND THESE LAWS, WILL FACE THE SAME MUSIC WHEN TIME COMES AND THE TIME WILL SURELY COME. THIS IS THE CURSE OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSED AND ARE DYING SLOWLY AND SLOWLY AND SLOWLY...
WA KE UP FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR MOTHER'S MILK ATLEAST...
A LL IS REQUIRED IS TO RECTIFY SOME PARTS OF THESE LAWS SO THAT MISUSE CAN BE STOPPED. THAT IS NOT A BIG THING. AND THAT IS ALL. IT CAN BE DONE. AND IT WILL BE DONE ALSO.
YOU CAN SEE THIS PAIN. YOU CAN HEAR THIS PAIN. YOU CAN SMELL THIS PAIN. YOU CAN FEEL THIS PAIN ALSO. BUT WHY IS THAT YOU DONOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO RECTIFY THESE LAWS? WHY ARE YOU UNABLE TO GRASP AND ANALYZE THE SITUATION? IT IS ALREADY WORST AND CANNOT GET MORE WORSE. PEOPLE ARE COMMITING SUICIDES FOR YOUR INACTION. NOW THEY ARE WRITING SUICIDE NOTES PUBLICLY. WHAT MORE WE HAVE TO SEE?
FOR THE HONOUR, DIGNITY AND RESPECT OF YOUR MOTHERS AND SISTERS, DO SOMETHING! EVEN MOST WIFVES DONOT WANT SUCH LAWS. ITS JUST A ABERRANT LOT THAT YOU ARE SUCCUMBING TO..
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Name: Sandesh Chopdekar
From: Mumbai
E-mail: sandesh_vc@yahoo.com 		498-A is one of the most dangerous acts. What makes it very worse, is the fact, that it is being used against peaceful, and law abiding people.

Since we already have so many criminal laws, is there really a need for a seperate and such a draconian law ?

The PIL has nicely raised concerns of all affected by this ill-devised law.
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Name: Ravindra
From: Hyderabad
 How can a democratic country like India tolerate this? What are our leaders doing? This should be in their key agenda before they fight any elections.
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Name: PQ
From: hyd-usa
E-mail: pqrxyz786@yahoo.com 		498a is intended to make slaves out of men......and ppl responsible for it should pay.
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Name: Jahangir Mohammed
From: Dallas,TX,USA
E-mail: jahan0215@gmail.com 		I hate to see innocent sisters, mothers, age old parents being dragged out of their own houses with a mere complaint from a wicked selfish ignorant women’s to satisfy their whims and fancies. I support this movement of abolishing these spineless laws interfering marital lives that ultimately end up in breaking families apart.
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Name: Kuldeep Sharma
From: Delhi
E-mail: kuldeep1602@yahoo.co.in 		This draconian law must be scrapped immediately or atleast there must be huge penalty for misusing it.
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Name: Virag
From: Bangalore
Website: http://www.wemen.us
E-mail: virag.v@gmail.com 		IPC 498A needs to be scrapped totally, its a draconian law which favors only greedy people.
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Name: William Anthony
From: Pune
E-mail: wanthony11@yahoo.com 		Abolish it or make it gender equal. Shame on young modern Indian women who are very selfish beacuse it brings death too fast to senior citizens who might be already suffering from diseases
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Name: Shweta Reddy
From: Hyderabad
E-mail: preethireddy@gmail.com 		Make it gender neutral. After all our constitution says all are equal. Women of this age are very well placed and are equipped, educated yet they want biased laws.

It actually lessens, demoralises and humiliates stature of a woman biased laws. NCW should start raid prostitution houses. They are the worst women defamers/house breakers.

There is blood and tears of all the families they are breaking in their hands. Outdated laws.

The women who misuse it are criminals and should be jailed for 3 years if the person is acquitted.
< br>Why aren't these so called women fighting to become commandos or SPG and defend the nation ? Send Girija Vyas and Renuka Choudhary to Kashmir. Sitting in their plush offices and with their fat enough to .....Hold my peace here.
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Name: Gunjan Rai Madan
From: Jalandhar, Punjab
E-mail: gunjan.rai.madan@gmail.com 		This law so often bent by a woman and her family to suit her evil, selfish and greedy plans... Thats what happened with my father and we have been tormented a lot by my mother all through..M looking for a forum to contribute to the cause and join hands....
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Name: Jayanth Rao
From: Bangalore
E-mail: jayanth.siff@yahoo.com 		1.Scrap 498A. Its an ill-conceived act.
2.Make laws gender neutral.
3.U RGENTLY SPEED UP JUDICIAL REFORMS:
(a) EDUCATE JUDICIARY ON SHARED PARENTING (Single parent custody or only "visitatio n rights" is an PRIMITIVE practice and WHICH DENIES CHILD NORMAL DEVELOPMENT)
(b)PREVENT PARENTAL ABDUCTION/ ABUSE. THIS HAPPENS WHEN ONE PARENT CONSISTENTLY ALIENATES THE CHILD FROM THE OTHER PARENT (THROUGH LEGAL MENAS (eg. DELIBERATE COURT DELAYS) OR ILLEGAL MEANS (eg.REMOVING THE CHILD FROM THE COUNTRY). THIS CREATES SHORT AND LONG TERM PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON THE CHILD!
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Name: kumar chkka
From: hyderabad
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Submitted by Comments:
Name: Sunil Kumar
From: Delhi
E-mail: casunilkr@yahoo.com 		This law is base-less.I strongly oppose it.
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Name: kamalpreet singh bains
From: chandigarh
E-mail: kamalpreet.bains@gmail.com 		This law has turned out to be nothing more than a bargaining tolls for wife's...
mo reover even after such a a case is dismissed the chances of reunion is very low.
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Name: Vineet Verma
From: Ludhiana
E-mail: Vineet5@Live.in 		This law is non bailable, and there is no penalty for filing even a false complaint. this law is being misused widely. please change it bailable or at leat there should be strict punishments for filing false complaints.
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Name: Pushpendu Mishra
From: Bhadrak, ORISSA
E-mail: pushpendu.mishra@yahoo.in 		This law was made considering all wifes as SITA, but the SITA'S will never take help of this law rather the TADKA'S roaming around loose with vajra 498A and DV act in their both hands. It is high time the Government as well as the Judiciary should wake up from their slumber oterwise the bubble which is forming from many years is going to burst, which will bring only hatered and disintigrated society.
My only advice to all fellow figters remain calm and increase your fight to wake up our Sleeping Government. I dont have any hope for our Judiciary.
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Name: Shailesh Harichandra Fulsunge
From: Mumbai
E-mail: shaileshfulsunge@gmail.com 		Me & my family has just been put under 498a, I have got divorce decree from family court, but from past 10 years my case is lingering in Vasai court. I m not getting good wibes of the case getting over as the girl comes from a very strong political back groun and she just is lingering the matter to harress and further is getting success to linger, i have lost may foreign oppurtnities b'coz of pending case and also lost jobs...pl suggest
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Name: Adv. Suvarna Kardile
From: Pune Maharashtra
E-mail: suvarna_1424@YAHOO.CO.IN 		I am working as Lawyer in Pune and got married with ravindra who is also a Lawyer. My brother wife filed a false compaint against me all family including my 2 sister and my parents under section 498-A, 324, and 34. In a complaint she mention one false incident,that We all had harrashed her but on samer day I was in Mumbai for J.M.F.C examination How can i be at two plases at same day. I had filed the discharge application in Lower court at shirur same was rejecte and then I have filed the rivision application in the pune district court same is also been rejected. what can I do now?
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Name: T Raju
From: Hyderabad
E-mail: madhu_k_mca@yahoo.com 		got married in 2007 and after 6 month went to USA in 2008 by that time she was pregnant. Before leaving to USA itself she made a big issue for staying away from the family but i requested her to adjust for few months and i got VISA to her also and then we left to USA. after going go there she continued her fight. I forgot to mentioned that i am physically handicaped, my got polio to my leg but i have only 10% to 20%. i am capable of driving bike, car also. they even checked my leg at the time of marriage proposal, later in our conversation she came out that, her parents made this marriage by convincing her. we had a baby boy in june 2008, i spend all the time to serve her in those delivery time, as its my responsibility, i was there for her to support in the labor room also. her mother came after 3 weeks. She has her own expectations, one day when we are arguing she called 911 in USA and i got arrested, then she and her parents take case back on one condition that i should not communicate with my parents and should always be support their family. my wife did MCA, before the marriage they said that she has/must do the job and i agreed happily on only this point. i never expected any dowry and never taken a single rupee from them. even i applied Visitor VISA for my in-laws and they got it. finally after spending a day in jail and they released after 34 hrs. they dont allow to meet your spouse till 4/5 days. and court given me 60 days observation. I AM REALLY TELLING, I HAD MY LIFE'S WORST PERIOD IN THESE 60 DAYS. she made me like any thing, she used to threaten me by calling 911 from small small things, as if i didnt pick the call when i am in the office, she used to send a** saying that i am getting the cops to your office if your not calling back in 5min. i did what ever she said. and finally i resigned my job in USA after the 60days. came back to india in march 2008. she came before a month than me, as i was busy in closing up the things like apartment lease , furniture , car selling etc. i lost almost $10000 in all these process. after coming to india she never called me or never came to my home. finally i have taken initiative and got her to my home 3 times, she use to go back to their home in 1 or 2 days, last time she stayed for 5 weeks and left home with my son, while going back she slapped my mother and thrown cheppal on me. there after she filed 498-A after 3 weeks on me, my parents and my sister by saying we tried to kill her with kirosen and fire. As gods grace we got bail and nobody went to jail, and after one month they filed DMV. they paid money to SI of the 498-A case in charge, and even got the charge sheet against to us. current situation is chargesheet filed and DMV is going every month date. i have lost my carrier, property and around 4 laks money. and the BIG concern is "I AM MISSING MY SON". it is almost 9 months that i didnt seen him. till today i will go to bed only around 3/4 AM because of all these things. i dont have courage to DIE, other wise there is no use of living life like this. if is there any help for me then please mail me. and also need a solution to get my son back. is there any chance of filing case against to my wife as i am physically handicap
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Name: Iffath
From: Hyderabad
 I hope the misuse of this act stops and women realize that there is so much more to life than torturing someone who does not listen to your whims and fancy.
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Name: SAJAL MONDAL
From: KOLKATA
E-mail: sajalmondal@yahoo.co.in 		I think the law is creating just for the sake of smooth running of social life but in this case it is just beyond our thoughts. Now onwards due to this 498a law, mostly lady/female in the India has lost their self sacrificing quality and rise their finger just in case of small issue or argue. Every person/relative from the girls side just give the option of only 498a not reconcillation of the matter. This mentality occurs Why? My suggestion is that All the Social Related Cases (498a Cases) should be amended in such a way that this case is handle through our local councillor/panc hayat because they know the behaviour of the two party or if the case is handle from the court onwards then reconcillation never happens only arguing or misuse of dowry acts proceeds.
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Name: Kamalnath
From: Koonapalli
E-mail: kamalnath.koonapalli@gmail.com 		Hi
I respect India and Indian women. I am born to a Indian Woman and my sister is also an Indian Woman. But I really dont support the misuse of any law like this. As far as I know 98% of genuine dowry related crimes are not been reported and 98% of cases reported under 498A are not genuine.
I think law makers should see themself in the mirror. This has become a very blackmailing tool for women in India now a days. This should not allowed.

-Kamal
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Name: Leema
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Name: sandeep m
From: n
E-mail: mathure_sandeep@rediffmail.com 		I think we should first understand why 'DOWRY' came into existence. Historically, its my belief, that the parents property's share was equaly or proportionally (as the case may be) was divided among their children. Naturally sons would be inheriting these property but we forget about the daughters who were also entitled to their share. As per our so called RICH Indian culture and practices a woman has to leave her home with husband as soon as she is married. This eventually leads away from her parents and would part on her share. To overcome or her right to inherited property her share was given to her husband who is to take care of her future life.
Unfort unately due to male dominant and illiteracy and other such reasons the property would be absorb by in-laws. Also the custom about woman was prevailing "Once left her home after marriage, shall die @ husbands home." This led to women atrocities since they were not getting any support from her family.

On the above context we can understand the importance of IPC 498- but which has now become an antiquity.

Followi ng policies could be applied by the Govt.
I would suggest:
1.Dowry has to be legally valid, provided her inherited share needs to be accepted or rather consider dowry in legal terms only and not otherwise. Which will eventually nullify false allegations.
2. Obviously there should be investigation,t rial and then imprisonment, if convicted.
3 . Relatives shall be accused only if stayed with couple for more than 2 months. This will strictly restrict the monopoly and misuse of IPC 498 as the only person can be accused will be husband and I think will will limit her liberty to misuse.
4. Some stringent Law must be enacted against IPC 498 for false allegations. Also if found false penalty for insult and humiliation (should be considered) should be paid by complainer.

This would look like imposing restrictions on woman's liberty. But not to forget of any person of the fundamental right to freedom given by our Constitution. So we will not be taking any of individual liberty but seeking welfare of the family and thus of the society as a whole.

J ai Hind. Jai Maharashtra
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