Dowry
The payment must be 'as a consideration for the marriage' to be considered as dowry. The claim for dowry, where made long after the marriage and not 'as a consideration for the marriage' does not come within the mischief of the definition of dowry given in section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1980. Dowry Prohibition Act, 1980, Section-2 Anwara Begum Vs. The State and an- other, 13 BLD (HCD) 473 Ref: 37 D.L.R. 227; 20 DLR 590-Cited
Dowry
'Dowry' under section 6 of the Ordinance not only includes money or property agreed to be paid before or at the time of the marriage but also money or property demanded afresh after the marriage for continuing the marriage already solemnized. Cruelty to Women (Deterrent Punishment) Ordinance, 1983 S.6
Ajit Kumar Pramanik and others Vs. Bakul Rani Pramanik and others, 14BLD (HCD)335
Ref: 40 DLR 360-Cited
Dowry
The term (dowry) has been used in the Ain not only to mean property or valuable security agreed to be given at the time of or before or after the marriage but also property as demanded after the marriage for which there was no previous agreement-Nari-O- Shishu Nirjatan (Special Provision) Ain, 1995 (XVIII of 1995),Sections-2(Cha), 10 and 11
Dipak Kumar Roy alias Kazal Vs. The State, 18BLD (HCD) 392 Ref: 46 DLR(AD) 169-relied
Dowry
To attract the provision of section 6 of the Ordinance there must be causing of death or grievous hurt or attempt to cause death or grievous hurt to a woman for dowry. Causing of simple hurt does not bring the offence within the mischief of section 6 of the Cruelty to Women (Deterrent Punishment) Ordinance, 1983. Dr Atikur Rahman Vs State, 14BLD (HCD)303
Dowry-its ingredients
"Dowry" as defined in section 2 of the Act contains four ingredients: (1) it has to be any property or valuable security, (2) it has to be given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly by the parties mentioned in clauses (a) or (b), (3) it has to be given or agreed to be given at the time of marriage or at any time before or after the marriage and (4) it must be as a consideration for the marriage.
Section 3 of the Act makes the giving and taking of dowry and the abetment thereof an offence while section 4 makes the demand of dowry an offence.
If a fresh demand for dowry is made after solemnization of marriage, about which there was no prior agreement and which demand does not fall strictly within the definition of dowry as contemplated in section 2, such a demand becomes an offence under section 4of the Act-Dowry Prohibition Act, 1980. Ss. 2-4
Abul Bashar Howlader Vs. The State and another, 14BLD(AD) 185
