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Delhi Man, Mother Get Life Terms In Dowry Death Case

NEW DELHI -- The Delhi High Court Thursday upheld life sentences to a man and his mother for killing his wife for dowry. The court also regretted the stand of the girl's family, saying the case shows discrimination against the girl child still exists in Indian society. Dismissing the appeal of Balbir Singh and Kamla Devi against their conviction by the trial court for Pinki's murder in 2002, a division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Suresh Kait said: "Wrought with discrimination and prejudiced by rituals, Indian society has dealt the girl child a rough hand, starting even before her birth and ending with the dusk of her life". "Amidst uproar of gender equality and law enforcement, female infants are found dumped in the trash by the dozens, and unborn female foetuses continue to be sniffed out in the womb," it said.
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Posted by Editor at March 15, 2010 12:09 AM