INTRODUCTION ‘Dowry deaths’ comprise a unique category of deaths in India. The tradition of dowry started in the form of “Vardakshina” which was used to be given by the parents of the bride to the bridegroom out of love and affection and to honour the groom rather than to induce him to take the bride. Later on it became the symbol of status and prestige to assert one’s superiority over others and dowry emerged as an unintended consequence of the above social practice. The law-makers, taking the note of seriousness and consequence of the problem legislative measures to plug the loopholes in the law as well as to enact new provisions so as to make the law rational and effective. The Dowry Prohibition Act, the first national legislation to deal with the social evil of dowry, was passed in 1961. The object of this act is to prohibit giving and taking of dowry. DEFINITION OF DOWRY It has been observed in Shanti v. State of Haryana ( 1991) 1 SCC 371, that the term “dowr
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