Delhi court acquits husband, kin in dowry death case

 A Delhi court has acquitted a man and his family of all charges related to domestic cruelty and causing the dowry death of his wife in less than a year of marriage, pointing to text messages suggesting a long history of suicidal tendencies.

The messages referred to in the case were exchanged between the deceased wife and her friend.

Additional Sessions Judge Nipun Awasthi acquitted accused Daman Deep, Harpreet Singh, Amarjeet Kaur and Milan Deep Kaur of all charges under Sections 489A (cruelty by husband or in-laws towards wife), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 304B (dowry death) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).