Women dowry deaths per day

New Delhi, April 23: Nowadays, Dowry harassment cases have been rising excessively, which were leads to not only harassments, these can cause many deaths of women are held.

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has conducted a survey, which states that As many as 7,634 women died in the country due to dowry harassment in 2015. Either the women were burnt alive or forced to commit suicide over dowry demand.

Nearly 21 dowry deaths are reported across the country every day, but the conviction rate is only 34.7 percent.

The survey reveals that after registration of dowry deaths, police have charge sheeted around 93.7 per cent of the accused, of which only 34.7 percent have been convicted. The remaining cases are still pending in various courts.

The Delhi Police told that, till March 15 this year, 31 women died due to dowry harassment.

In the last five years, as many as 715 cases of dowry deaths have been reported in the national Capital and the crime rate has been increasing with every passing year.

Moreover, In Delhi, around 3,877 cases of cruelty by in-laws and husbands have been registered in 2016. Till March 15 this year, as many as 506 such cases have been reported in the city.

According to the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, prohibits the request, payment or acceptance of a dowry 'as consideration for marriage', and dowry here is defined as a gift demanded or given as a precondition for marriage.