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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 102234" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #000080">Those who burn brides need to be hanged: Apex court</span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">1 Jun 2009, 1621 hrs IST, IANS</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"><strong>NEW DELHI: </strong>Voicing its disgust over the social evil of dowry death, the Supreme Court on Monday observed that perpetrators of bride burning "need to be hanged." </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">The observation was made by the vacation bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Deepak Verma while hearing a bail plea filed by the elder bother-in-law of the bride, burnt to death in Haryana a few years ago. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">Without granting any relief to the accused Prem Kumar Gulati of burning his brother's wife in collusion with his brother and mother, the bench deferred the hearing on his lawsuit to a later date after summer vacation. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">"People like you need to be hanged, You behave like junglee (animal)," Justice Katju rebuked the petitioner Gulati as his counsel pleaded for interim bail for his client. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">As the counsel pleaded saying that it was case of suicide and not bride burning, Justice Katju said: "They all say that. Every time they burn a bride, they say it was a suicide." </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">"On one hand they regard women as devi (goddess), on the other hand they burn them alive. This is against the norms of civilized society. It's barbaric," said Justice Katju. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">**************************************************************</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Most dowry victims in Punjab are poisoned</span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12px">Rural areas account for 71 pc deaths</span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span> <span style="font-size: 10px"> Aditi Tandon</span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"> Tribune News Service </span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> </strong></span> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Chandigarh, May 27</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">One young married woman becomes a victim of dowry in Punjab every week. On an average, 55 women aged 18 to 35 die every year due to their inability to meet dowry-related demands.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">A major scientific study on reported unnatural deaths of 1000 young married women in Punjab presents many other alarming statistics. Conducted by Dr D.C. Sharma, state chemical examiner at Punjab State Chemical Laboratory from 2002 to 2006, it establishes links between the state’s low sex ratio and the problem of dowry. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">This is for the first time an authentic study based on chemical examinations at the state laboratory has been conducted to reveal trends of crimes against women in Punjab.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">A copy of the report, in possession of The Tribune, shows that out of 1000 registered (reported to police) cases of unnatural deaths of married women aged 18 to 35 years, 176 related to dowry. Registered dowry deaths comprise 9 per cent of the total reported unnatural deaths among women in Punjab, in general.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">In 84.7 per cent of the 176 dowry cases, poisoning was the cause of death and not burning as is usually assumed. The problem lies with free availability of lethal insecticides used in the farming sector. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Dr Sharma points out: “Poisoning was the alleged cause of death in 122 cases, but viscera examination revealed it had caused death in 149 of the 176 cases.”</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Strangulation topped the “non-poisoning” category by accounting for 13 dowry deaths out of 27 caused by hanging, drowning, burns etc. Of the 11 victims allegedly hanged, five had traces of poison, the study found. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Similarly, nine women alleged to have died of drowning also had traces of poison. “The chemical report of viscera is the most vital document about the cause of death, ” said Dr Sharma, district health officer, Patiala.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Alarmingly, the chloro-compound group of insecticides used in farming accounted for 45 per cent of the poisoning cases (67 out of 149) and 38 per cent of dowry deaths. Sulphos, the wheat preserving chemical, caused death in 40 per cent cases (60 out of 149) and accounted for 34 per cent of dowry deaths. Organo phosphorus compound pesticides - sprays used in fields - caused 21 poisoning deaths out of 149. The insect killer carbamate group caused death in 2 per cent poisoning cases.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The incidence of dowry deaths was found to be higher in rural than urban areas, perhaps due to free availability of pesticides in rural households. Rural areas accounted for 71 per cent of the total dowry deaths (125 out of 176). </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Further, of the total 176 deaths, 43 per cent (76) happened in the age group 23 to 26 - the prime age for marriage. Women aged 19 to 22 years were victims in 58 cases. “The group between 19 and 26 is the most vulnerable as 76 per cent victims (134 out of 176) are from this group,” the study states.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Now about geographical prevalence of the evil -- Doaba, Punjab’s NRI belt, with 19.6 per cent of its population, accounts for 33 per cent dowry deaths in the state.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">District-wise, Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur top the list with 26 victims each out of 176 (14.8 per cent), though they house only 6 and 8.6 per cent respectively of Punjab’s population. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Percentage share of other districts is - Jalandhar, 17 dowry deaths (9.6 per cent), Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala, 13 deaths each (7.4 per cent), Sangrur, 11 deaths (6.3 per cent), Moga and Kapurthala, 9 deaths each (5.1 per cent), Nawanshahr, Muktsar, Bathinda, 6 deaths each (3.4 per cent).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">In Malwa, Patiala tops the list of dowry deaths. The lowest deaths were reported from Faridkot and Ferozepur.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">************************************************************</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #231f20"><span style="color: #bf2519"></span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 102234, member: 884"] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#231f20][COLOR=#231f20][COLOR=#bf2519][B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#000080]Those who burn brides need to be hanged: Apex court[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000080]1 Jun 2009, 1621 hrs IST, IANS[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000080][B]NEW DELHI: [/B]Voicing its disgust over the social evil of dowry death, the Supreme Court on Monday observed that perpetrators of bride burning "need to be hanged." The observation was made by the vacation bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Deepak Verma while hearing a bail plea filed by the elder bother-in-law of the bride, burnt to death in Haryana a few years ago. Without granting any relief to the accused Prem Kumar Gulati of burning his brother's wife in collusion with his brother and mother, the bench deferred the hearing on his lawsuit to a later date after summer vacation. "People like you need to be hanged, You behave like junglee (animal)," Justice Katju rebuked the petitioner Gulati as his counsel pleaded for interim bail for his client. As the counsel pleaded saying that it was case of suicide and not bride burning, Justice Katju said: "They all say that. Every time they burn a bride, they say it was a suicide." "On one hand they regard women as devi (goddess), on the other hand they burn them alive. This is against the norms of civilized society. It's barbaric," said Justice Katju. ************************************************************** [/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][CENTER][FONT=Verdana][B][SIZE=4]Most dowry victims in Punjab are poisoned [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Rural areas account for 71 pc deaths [/SIZE] [SIZE=2] Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service [/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [/B][/FONT] [/CENTER] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Chandigarh, May 27 One young married woman becomes a victim of dowry in Punjab every week. On an average, 55 women aged 18 to 35 die every year due to their inability to meet dowry-related demands.[/SIZE] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]A major scientific study on reported unnatural deaths of 1000 young married women in Punjab presents many other alarming statistics. Conducted by Dr D.C. Sharma, state chemical examiner at Punjab State Chemical Laboratory from 2002 to 2006, it establishes links between the state’s low sex ratio and the problem of dowry. [/SIZE] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]This is for the first time an authentic study based on chemical examinations at the state laboratory has been conducted to reveal trends of crimes against women in Punjab.[/SIZE] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]A copy of the report, in possession of The Tribune, shows that out of 1000 registered (reported to police) cases of unnatural deaths of married women aged 18 to 35 years, 176 related to dowry. Registered dowry deaths comprise 9 per cent of the total reported unnatural deaths among women in Punjab, in general.[/SIZE] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]In 84.7 per cent of the 176 dowry cases, poisoning was the cause of death and not burning as is usually assumed. The problem lies with free availability of lethal insecticides used in the farming sector. [/SIZE] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Dr Sharma points out: “Poisoning was the alleged cause of death in 122 cases, but viscera examination revealed it had caused death in 149 of the 176 cases.”[/SIZE] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Strangulation topped the “non-poisoning” category by accounting for 13 dowry deaths out of 27 caused by hanging, drowning, burns etc. Of the 11 victims allegedly hanged, five had traces of poison, the study found. [/SIZE] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Similarly, nine women alleged to have died of drowning also had traces of poison. “The chemical report of viscera is the most vital document about the cause of death, ” said Dr Sharma, district health officer, Patiala.[/SIZE] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Alarmingly, the chloro-compound group of insecticides used in farming accounted for 45 per cent of the poisoning cases (67 out of 149) and 38 per cent of dowry deaths. Sulphos, the wheat preserving chemical, caused death in 40 per cent cases (60 out of 149) and accounted for 34 per cent of dowry deaths. Organo phosphorus compound pesticides - sprays used in fields - caused 21 poisoning deaths out of 149. The insect killer carbamate group caused death in 2 per cent poisoning cases.[/SIZE] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]The incidence of dowry deaths was found to be higher in rural than urban areas, perhaps due to free availability of pesticides in rural households. Rural areas accounted for 71 per cent of the total dowry deaths (125 out of 176). [/SIZE] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Further, of the total 176 deaths, 43 per cent (76) happened in the age group 23 to 26 - the prime age for marriage. Women aged 19 to 22 years were victims in 58 cases. “The group between 19 and 26 is the most vulnerable as 76 per cent victims (134 out of 176) are from this group,” the study states.[/SIZE] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Now about geographical prevalence of the evil -- Doaba, Punjab’s NRI belt, with 19.6 per cent of its population, accounts for 33 per cent dowry deaths in the state.[/SIZE] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]District-wise, Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur top the list with 26 victims each out of 176 (14.8 per cent), though they house only 6 and 8.6 per cent respectively of Punjab’s population. [/SIZE] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Percentage share of other districts is - Jalandhar, 17 dowry deaths (9.6 per cent), Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala, 13 deaths each (7.4 per cent), Sangrur, 11 deaths (6.3 per cent), Moga and Kapurthala, 9 deaths each (5.1 per cent), Nawanshahr, Muktsar, Bathinda, 6 deaths each (3.4 per cent).[/SIZE] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]In Malwa, Patiala tops the list of dowry deaths. The lowest deaths were reported from Faridkot and Ferozepur.[/SIZE] ************************************************************ [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#231f20][COLOR=#231f20][COLOR=#bf2519][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000080] [/COLOR][/SIZE] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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