Law Relating to Dowry, Dowry Deaths, Bride Burning, Rape & Related Offences

The crimes and offences against women need protection as they are peculiar in the sense that they are perpetrated against one sex only. Women are now asserting their right to equality and dignity. As women move out from the traditional sansctuary of home, at all hours, at all places, at all levels, they are getting exposed to mans gaze, stare, lewd remarks, molestation and rape.

We have much legislation providing protection to women, e.g., with regard to dowry, cruelty and rape law has been made stringent but a lot is lacking in our investigative and enforcement machinery. Unless and until they are upgraded, the conviction rate would remain as low as it is now and law would remain a mere paper tiger.

It is this wide canvas of unsatiable demand of dowry, leading to various dowry offences; to dowry deaths, murders and induced suicides; eve-teasing, molestation and rape of women of all ages; cruelty on married women; and indecent and vulgar representation of women in advertisements, that we have endeavoured to cover in this work.

We have also included adultery in this work, as it is the only offence in which owman though actively and willingly participates, is not guilty. Adultery and curelty are grounds of divorce in matrimonial law. To complete the account we have dwelt on this aspect also.

This second edition has been thoroughly revised, incorporating latest case laws and it retains simple language and lucid style so that its contents are comprehensile to all those who can read English.

Legal awareness by laymen and laywomen is much more needed to-day than at any other time.

It is hoped that this book will continue to satisfy the need of experts and laymen alike.