hello, We need some advise from Lawyer community. Please help us out. Here is entire story.
My Friend's Sister got married last year in April, 09 in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India. Guys was living in AP, South India but they are basically north Indian. They came for marriage to Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India.
Girl's family arranged for their accomodation in a good hotel for 60-100 peoples for 5 days, booked a restaurant for food and everything else. But boy's family were not happy with marriage arrangements and fought with girl's family before marriage and on marriage day insulted them infront of everyone. Inspite of all this girl's family didn't say anything and apologized for any trouble.
Boy's family returned unhappy to their home in AP, in South India. Now boy and his family humiliate girl on the way to their home (in bus and train) , abuse and insult her in their home (Boy also says to girl that her family didn't match their expectations) and after 3 days boy's family calls girl's parent to take their daughter home and apply many false allegations on her. Allegations were girl have affairs some where else, her behaviour is not good, girl tried to poison them, girl is short tempered and they can't take risk of keeping her in their home, and many many more...boy doesn't build any physical relation with girl during this period.
Now Girl's parents rush to AP, and talk to boy and his parents on these allegations but they simply refused to entertain them and they ruturn back with girl to their home in Haldwani.
They wait for 4 month, thinking that their anger will cool down and they will come and take girl with them but after 4 month they receive a letter asking for separation.
Now girl's family file a complaint (Dowry Case/Domestic Voilence etc) against boy and his family to women commission and to police but woman commission takes matter for councelling as boy and girl had not spent much time together. Women Commission sends three letter to boy and after third letter boy and his family come to Haldwani, Uttarakhand. They don't responed to first 2 letters.
They apologize for their bad behaviour and request to give them one more chance. As Girl and her family didn't want to break marriage, they gave them another change. Boy and his family sign a letter with Women Commission that they will keep girl happy and will not harrass her.
Women Commission also ask Boy to stay separately along with girl for couple of months to build trust and understanding with each other before returning with his parents. But very soon boy's torture starts again, he abuse her always like she had relation with other men before marraige, she had many aborsions, she loves some other man, She has stolen his money, She want to poison him and his family to marry some other guy, During her one and half months this time, he never touch her and try to make physical relation with her. On weekdays he sleep in separate room or come very late in night 1 or 2 AM when she has slept. On weekend he goes to his parents home.
Girl also suspect that boy may be impotent and got married just because of pressure from his family.
Now this hell happen, Girl used to take some multivitamin vitamin pills and this guy mix some sleeping pills in her vitamin box and files a police complaint that girl is trying to kill him by mixing sleeping pills in his food. Police calls girl to police station and after interrogation find out that story was fabricated, scold boy and family and rejects the case. Girl tell police about her harassment. Police ask girl not to stay with boy and his family anymore and return to her parents as they feel she may not be safe there. AP police make arrangements for her safe return to her home and ask her to file her complaint in her home town.
Girl's family is going through hell from last 7-8 months since her marriage. Now girl's family is planning to file fresh comlaint and local women commission members are also cooperating wtih her and her family.
Question is what kind of cases should be filed for this?
This is definitely a domestic voilence and dowry harrasment case, What should be done for this? Please give step by step detail?
As girl suspect Boy may be impotent as well. Is there a punishment in Indian Legal System if someone doesn't tell his prospective partner about this? What can be done for this?
Thanks for all the help..
God Bless You all...