Punjab and Haryana High Court Grants Bail to Woman Convicted of Causing Sister-in-Law’s Dowry Death, Says '16-18 Year-Old Children Need Mother's Attention'
The woman had filed a plea for suspension of sentence against the conviction order passed in January. The woman petitioner was convicted by the trial court and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently granted bail and suspended the sentence awarded to a woman convicted for the dowry death of her sister-in-law. While granting bail to the accused, the high court noted that the woman is a mother of two teenagers, who would require her care. The high court bench of Justice Harpreet Kaur Jeewan said, "Keeping in view the fact that the children aged 16 years and 18 years require personal care and attention of their mother and the applicant-appellant has already undergone the sentence of 01 years 06 months and 15 days, the present application is allowed." The woman had filed a plea for suspension of sentence against the conviction order passed in January. The woman petitioner was convicted by the trial court and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven years under Section 304-B, read with Section 34 IPC, and rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years with a fine. 'Love Looks Not With the Eyes, but With the Mind': Punjab and Haryana High Court Quotes Shakespeare While Calling for Quashing of Kidnapping Cases Against Runaway Married Couples 'Living Happily'.
HC on Dowry Death
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