National Commission for Women

Nation wide Program for

Generating Awareness about
Legal Rights of Women

Resource Person
Professor & Lawyer. Puttu Guru Prasad
M.Com. M.B.A., L.L.B., M.Phil. PGDFTM,
APSET. ICFAI TMF, (PhD) at JNTU Kakinada
Senior faculty for Management studies, VVIT.
93 94 96 98 98, 9885 96 36 36
puttuvvit@gmail.com
WHAT IS DOWRY
Property or valuable security
Given or agreed to be given
Directly or indirectly
By one party to the marriage to the other party
Before, at the time of or after marriage
In connection with the marriage
Dower or Mehr excluded (Section 2 of the
Dowry Prohibition Act)
 Giving, taking or abetting the
giving or taking of Dowry
(Section 3)
Demanding Dowry directly or
indirectly (section 4)
Agreement to give or take
Dowry -declared void (section 5)
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 Cruelty by husband or relatives of the husband
(Section 498 A)
Dowry Death (Section 304 B)
Non-cognizable
so far as arrest without warrant is concerned
and cognizable
so far as investigation without the orders of the
Magistrate is concerned
Non- Bailable and
Non- Compoundable

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 Offences under the Indian Penal
Code
Cognizable, non bailable and non
compoundable
Police to inquire and report on
Dowry suicides and Dowry Deaths
to the Executive Magistrate
empowered to hold inquests
(Section 174 Cr. P.C.)
Executive Magistrates should hold
an inquiry into the cause of death
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National Commission for Women
Nation wide Program for
Generating Awareness about
Legal Rights of Women

Resource Person
Professor & Lawyer. Puttu Guru Prasad
M.Com. M.B.A., L.L.B., M.Phil. PGDFTM,
APSET. ICFAI TMF, (PhD) at JNTU Kakinada
Senior faculty for Management studies, VVIT.
93 94 96 98 98, 9885 96 36 36