Vismaya dowry demise: Indian man jailed for 10 years over spouse’s suicide

Vismaya dowry death: Indian man jailed for 10 years over wife's suicide

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The district court in Kerala state found Kiran Kumar guilty under India’s “dowry death” law, which allows charges to be brought against people for causing the death of a woman within the first seven years of a marriage featuring dowry gifts and payments.

Dowries, which are illegal but common in India, are wedding gifts given by the bride’s family to the groom’s family. Kumar had pleaded not guilty.

Kumar had been married to his wife, Vismaya Nair, for just over one year when she was found dead in the bathroom of her husband’s family home in Kerala last June.

Nair’s family had agreed to give Kumar 100 sovereigns of gold, an acre of land, and a car as a dowry, but he was not happy with the model of the vehicle and demanded more money, according to court documents.

Kumar was physically and verbally abusive toward Nair, the judgment said.

“She had lost all the charms in life,” the court ruling said. “She was so desperate. Feeling of despondency surmounted over her. She was severely…

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