Mysuru: The Fifth Additional and Sessions Court in Mysuru has sentenced five members of a family to two years imprisonment and ordered them to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000 each for harassing a woman for dowry.
The convicted persons are 26-year-old Nasir Hussain, son of Shoukath Hussain, 45-year-old Gulnas Begum, wife of Shoukath Hussain, 59-year-old Shoukath Hussain, son of late Abdul Wahab, all residents of Basaveshwara Road at K.R. Mohalla, 23-year-old Saheera Begum from Vinayakanagar and 22-year-old Gulshira Banu of Kesare in city. Saheera and Gulshira are Nasir Hussain’s sisters.
Amera Begum, a resident of Bannimantap HUDCO Colony, had filed a complaint that her husband Nasir Hussain and his family harassed her for dowry and had assaulted her in 2006. She had alleged that along with her husband and in-laws, Nasir’s sisters too used to harass her for dowry.
Based on the complaint, the Women’s Police Station sleuths had arrested the five persons on Feb. 7, 2009 and a charge-sheet was filed in the Court.
Hearing the arguments, Judge S.M. Joshi found the five persons guilty and sentenced them to two years imprisonment and also ordered them to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000 each.
The judgement was pronounced on Sept. 25, eight years after the case was booked.
Special Public Prosecutor R. Vishwanath argued for the State.
This post was published on October 11, 2017 6:30 pm