Court Acquits Husband, In-Laws in Dowry Case After Victim Fails to Testify

New Delhi: A court has acquitted the husband and three in-laws of a woman of the charge of subjecting her to cruelty for dowry, as she did not depose before it despite having been granted several opportunities. It observed that the Delhi Police’s investigation also did not find any incriminating evidence to substantiate the allegations. Judicial Magistrate Karuna was hearing the case against the husband and three in-laws of the woman against whom the Moti Nagar police station had registered an FIR under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 498 A (husband or his relative causing cruelty to a married woman) and 406 (criminal breach of trust).