Judgment :

Dipak Misra, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. Respect of a bride in her matrimonial home glorifies the solemnity and sanctity of marriage, reflects the sensitivity of a civilized society and, eventually, epitomizes her aspirations dreamt of in nuptial bliss. But, the manner in which sometimes the brides are treated in many a home by the husband, in-laws r of great sand the relatives creates a feeling of emotional numbness in the society. It is a mattehame and grave concern that brides are burnt or otherwise their life-sparks are extinguished by torture, both physical and mental, because of demand of dowry and insatiable greed and sometimes, sans demand of dowry, because of the cruelty and harassment meted out to the nascent brides treating them with total insensitivity destroying their desire to live and forcing them to commit suicide a brutal self-humiliation of "Life".

3. Amarjeet Kaur, a young incipient lady, slightly more than two scores, daughter of an agriculturist, entered into wedlock with the appellant sometime in the early part of the year 1996. At the time of marriage, gifts were given as per the social customs. Sometime after the marriage, the matrimonial home, as the