Unnatural death of newly married woman demands prompt police investigation: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has called for a thorough police investigation into the unnatural death of a young married woman, criticizing the eight-month delay in filing an FIR. The case involves a 25-year-old woman who died within six months of her marriage, with her father raising suspicions of foul play. The court emphasized the need for prompt action in such cases, particularly when allegations of dowry-related harassment are involved.
- ▪The Delhi High Court expressed displeasure over an eight-month delay in registering an FIR in a dowry death case.
- ▪The woman died by suicide shortly after her marriage, raising suspicions from her father.
- ▪The court hopes for more urgency in handling cases of unnatural deaths of young women within a short period of marriage.
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The Delhi High Court has said that the unnatural death of a young married woman demands prompt and diligent police investigation, expressing displeasure over an eight-month delay in the registration of an FIR by Delhi Police in a dowry death case.In a judgment delivered on June 1 on an anticipatory bail plea filed by the accused, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made the observation while denying relief to the husband and in-laws in the case involving the death of a 25-year-old woman within six months of her marriage.The judge remarked that the registration of the FIR in the case “took more time than the entire duration of her marriage” and termed it an “unfortunate reality” that the deceased’s father was made to “run from pillar to post” before the FIR was registered based on a judicial…
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