aims and objective for dowry death in urban and rural area
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Dowry deaths is violence by the husband and his family with a motive of extortion of gifts and other demanded from time to time against a woman. The unnatural death of recently married woman vital to women’s moment in the Indian society through the meaning of dowry has changed over time but harassment and cruelty have remained the same to some extent. Protection of women from this social evil is the responsibility of the state. Government has enacted many laws regarding the prohibition of dowry like the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and so on. On the recommendation of 21st law commission report certain Penal provisions were inserted. Many educational and awareness programme was run by the government and non- governmental organisation with the intent to the lesser down the rate of dowry death. To deal with this brutal kind of social evil section 304 B Dowry death, Section 498A (Cruelty by Husband or in-laws i.e. domestic violence) 113 B (Presumption as to dowry death) was incorporated in Indian penal laws around 1986 to eradicate the nuisance of dowry death.