Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Gurdeep Singh sentenced 48-year-old Mahipal ruing that despite being a member of a law-enforcing agency, he himself breached law.
"The convict is member of the law-enforcing agency and he earns his bread through enforcement of law. It was his duty to prevent breach of law. He cannot become party to commission of the offence and therefore no leniency can be shown to him," the court said.
The court held him guilty of abusing and even beating his younger brother's wife Sunita, who eventually had committed suicide.
The court, however, acquitted six others of victim Sunita's in-laws' family, including her husband who died during pendency of the trial, of the charges of harassing her and abetting her suicide.
"Since the husband has died, I am refraining from making any comment against him regarding harassment to the deceased by him," the judge said.
While sentencing Mahipal, the judge also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.
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According to the prosecution, victim Sunita, who had married Satpal in December 1991, was found hanging in her matrimonial house in June 2005.
It said after three years of her marriage, Sunita's in-laws had started harassing her for bringing insufficient dowry and they also used to instigate her husband for beating her. (MORE) PTI SKV
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