Supreme Court Suspends Sentence Of Husband Convicted For Dowry Death, Domestic Cruelty
The Supreme Court docket on Wednesday suspended the 10-year sentence imposed on Kiran Kumar for the loss of life of his spouse, Vismaya, over home cruelty associated to dowry harassment.
A bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Ok Vinod Chandran handed the interim order. It allowed his launch on interim bail in a particular go away petition filed by Kumar in opposition to the Kerala Excessive Court docket’s refusal to droop his sentence.
The case pertains to the loss of life of Vismaya, a 22-year-old Ayurveda medical scholar, in 2021, inside a yr of her marriage. She had died by suicide because of dowry harassment. Kiran Kumar was then an assistant motorized vehicle inspector.
The Kollam Extra District and Classes Choose had convicted him below Sections 498A (subjecting a lady to cruelty for dowry), 306 (abetment of suicide) and 304B (dowry loss of life) amongst others of the IPC and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment and a positive of ₹12.5 lakh.
The trial courtroom took be aware that earlier than her loss of life, she had shared messages and pictures with a classmate and sister-in-law, describing situations of bodily and emotional abuse. The Witness testimonies referred to repeated situations of home abuse. There was proof of the husband harassing the spouse over his dissatisfaction with the automobile mannequin supplied as dowry.
His attraction in opposition to the conviction is pending within the Kerala Excessive Court docket.
Advocate-on-Document Deepak Prakash appeared for the petitioner.
Case : Kiran Kumar v State of Kerala | SLP (Crl) 6729/2025
