Husband's Pressure on Wife to Claim Share in Ancestral Property Can Amount to Dowry Demand: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has partly allowed the appeals filed by Sajal Parui and his parents in a dowry death case arising from the death of his wife Chayanika. The Court upheld the conviction of Sajal Parui for offences under Section 498A and Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code, but reduced his sentence from life imprisonment to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment. At the same time, the Court acquitted his…
