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Saturday 25 July 2015

304B ipc Misuse

Truth is losing significance because of the ego of the litigants

under section 304b ipc (dowry death):- JUSTICE SHIV 

NARAYAN DHINGRA 

In an remarkable decision justice Dhingra announced the mentality of litigants as how they misuse 304b ipc as 



"This case is a reflection of mentality which is now taking grip of parents of a deceased wife in the criminal cases. Whenever a woman dies an unnatural death within seven years of her marriage at in-laws’ house, whatever be the cause of death, the in- laws must be hanged. This case also shows how truth is losing significance because of the ego of the litigants to see that in-laws should be hanged."

Narender Singh Arora v State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) & Ors.
"Suicide is a known phenomenon of human nature. Suicides are committed by living human beings for various reasons, some are not able to bear the normal stresses which are common in life. Some are not able to cope up with the circumstances in which they are placed. Some commit suicide because of frustration of not achieving the desired goals. There are many cases where students commit suicide because they failed to achieve certain percentage of marks. Some commit suicide because they are not able to retain top position, some commit suicide because they are not able to cope with the demands of life. Some commit suicide because they suffer sudden loss, some commit suicide out of fear of being caught. There are various reasons for which suicides are committed by men and women. All suicides are unnatural deaths. Suicide is a complex phenomenon. One, who commits suicide, is not alive to disclose as to what was going on in his or her mind when he or she committed suicide. There is no presumption that every suicide committed by a married woman in her in-laws’ house or at her parents’ house has to be because she was suffering harassment at the hands of her husband or her in- laws.
full judgement can be found at 
Narender Singh Arora …Petitioner Versus State (Govt. of NCT Delhi) & Ors.