Mere assertion that victim lady was pressurized to shift her job is not sufficient ground to sustain conviction for offence of cruelty

A case that victim and accused were working in the same school as the teacher. They fell in love and got married. After marriage couple started residing in a rental house. The accused allegedly started inflicting mental cruelty on the victim. A matrimonial dispute arose between the victim and accused which compelled the victim to commit suicide. The main thrust of the prosecution that the accused and his relatives pressurizing the victim to shift her job.

Law recognizes two kinds of cruelty, one which is for the demand of dowry and the other which is of such nature that would drive a married woman to commit suicide or to cause serious harm to herself.

In this case, there is no evidence of any torture on the victim. In absence of evidence of torture, the mere assertion that pressure was being applied on the victim lady to shift her job does not seem to be sufficient to sustain a conviction for the offence of cruelty.

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