Indian Supreme Court Cautions Against Automatic Bail in Dowry Death Cases

Dowry claims lives of thousands, do not give bail for such deaths mechanically: SC

The Supreme Court has cautioned high courts against granting bail in dowry death cases, deeming a Patna High Court order unsustainable. The bench emphasized the gravity of dowry deaths, a social evil causing thousands of women's unnatural deaths, and directed the accused husband to surrender.

By DHANANJAY MAHAPATRA