India: Husband commits suicide after wife calls him ugly, impotent, wife not charged under 498A

Submitted by arindamp on Wed, 2008-12-03 06:06

Story here. Excerpt:

"NEW DELHI: Harassed by a husband's “ugly” taunts, if a wife commits suicide within seven years of marriage, the man is sure to be booked under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code for harassing her in the matrimonial home.

The reverse has happened. Within a week of marriage, a man committed suicide allegedly hurt by the “ugly” and “impotent” taunts of his wife. And the Supreme Court has let off the wife by upholding the quashing of her prosecution under Section 306 of IPC for allegedly abetting the suicide."

What kind of a sexist justice is this?

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