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Scarlett Keeling

March 16, 2008 at 12:00 pm · Filed under Individuals and tagged: Drugs

Last month, a 15-year-old British girl named Scarlett Keeling was found dead on Anjuna beach in Goa. There have been allegations of a police cover-up and the story is as sordid as it gets.

I’d wanted to collate media reports but couldn’t bring myself to actually read them through. Nita, however, seems to have done that and I’m linking to her blog here.

nitawriter.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/murder-in-goa

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Winslie Gomez wrote @ March 17, 2008 at 10:56 am

This is quite a tragic event from many perspectives.

If you have no objection here is my link, and subjective UK view.
http://justlearningman.wordpress.com

Nita wrote @ March 17, 2008 at 3:39 pm

Thanks Nandita for linking to my article.

Nandita Saikia wrote @ March 17, 2008 at 3:58 pm

Nita: You’re welcome.

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Dowry Death

Section 304B, Indian Penal Code:

(1) Where the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage and it is shown that soon before her death she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any relative of her husband for, or in connection with, any demand for dowry, such death shall be called 'dowry death', and such husband or relative shall be deemed to have caused her death.

Explanation: For the purposes of this sub-section, "dowry" shall have the same meaning as in section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of 1961).

(2) Whoever commits dowry death shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life.

Inserted by Act 43 of 1986, s. 10.

Cruelty

Section 498A, Indian Penal Code:

Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.

Explanation: For the purposes of this section, 'cruelty' means- (a) any wilful conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide or to cause grave injury or danger to life, limb or health (whether mental or physical) of the woman; or (b) harassment of the woman where such harassment is with a view to coercing her or any person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any property or valuable security or is on account of failure by her or any person related to her to meet such demand.

Inserted by Act 46 of 1983, s. 2.

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