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Amid Atul Subhash's suicide row, SC asks courts to exercise caution on dowry cases

Amid Atul Subhash's suicide row, SC asks courts to exercise caution on dowry cases

Dec 11, 2024, at 05:43 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court has asked courts to exercise caution while deciding dowry harassment charges to prevent unnecessary heckling of innocent people and restrict the misuse of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which penalises cruelty by husbands and their relatives against married women.