Calcutta High Court holds husband's pressure on wife to bring share of ancestral property can constitute dowry demand; reduces life sentence to 10 years, acquits in-laws
- Posted on July 7, 2026
- By The Times of India
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Calcutta High Court holds husband's pressure on wife to bring share of ancestral property can constitute dowry demand; reduces life sentence to 10 years, acquits in-laws
The Calcutta High Court has held that persistent pressure exerted by a husband on his wife to obtain and bring her share of ancestral property from her parental home can fall within the broader ambit of a "dowry demand" under Section 304B IPC. While upholding the husband's conviction for dowry death, the Court reduced his sentence from life imprisonment to ten years' rigorous imprisonment and acquitted the parents-in-law for want of substantive evidence against them.
