Dowry deaths severe blot on society: SC
NEW DELHI, Mar 26 (PTI): Observing that dowry deaths are a severe blot on the society, the Supreme Court has said that despite legal prohibitions, this practice continues to result in the unnatural death of thousands of women.
A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi made the observation while cancelling a man’s bail in a dowry death case saying the order passed by the Patna High Court releasing the accused on bail is wholly unsustainable.
In a very serious crime like dowry death, the high court should have been very careful in exercising its discretion, it said.
