Cases – Short
History – with Legal particulars
1)
Rinki Saha - was married off at
the age of 16, when she was a student of class IX. Drinking was one of the
vices her husband had. She had to tolerate varied tortures for the demand of
dowry by her in-laws. Ultimately she was set ablaze by her husband when her
daughter was only a few months old. She was abandoned while she was still in
the hospital. Her burns rendered her immobile from neck to arms, requiring a
series of operations. As her case went on, the Police declared her husband
absconding, and never tried to arrest him. Presently, she works in a
beauty-parlour and single handedly bringing up her 12 year old daughter. (Baguihati P.S. FIR Case No129 Date
16.12.’07 U/S 307 / 498a / 406 / 34IPC & also Rajarhat P.S. Case No.60 Dt.
18.02.’06 U/S 498A / 406 IPC; CJM Barasat Case No.168 /2008; 1st. J
M, Barasat, Case No. 501/2008).
2)
Moyna
Pramanik – (Vil. Jamalpur, PO & PS - Nowda, Dist. - Murshidabad, Pin – 742121). At the age of 16, she was burnt by both acid
and fire by her in-laws for demand of dowry in 2001. She was hospitalized; her
father settled the case for 50000/- without filing FIR, which is a
mandatory. Anyway, with the money, her
father bought her a plot of land, where she stays. Her daughter committed
suicide at the age of 15 being tortured by both her maternal uncle and paternal
grand-mother. Now her husband is creating problem for that plot of land. Moyna
earns 3000/- as a cook in a school. (Dist.
Murshidabad, P.S. Nowda, FIR Case
No.78/2001Date – 26.8.’01 U/S 498A/326 IPC).
3)
Ripsita
De - Ruma Dey's
father-in-law threw acid on her while she was resting in her room in May, last
year. The Victim died in the hospital after a few days leaving her 11 year old
daughter, Ripsita. The Police arrested Ruma’s husband and others, but as the
main accused ingested from the same bottle and died too, he was bailed out
easily. Ripsita is vulnerable as the chief witness of the torture her mother
had to withstand for 14 years of marriage. Presently, she is in safe custody
with her maternal grand-mother, Ganga Mallick and is receiving a paltry sum
from the State Government monthly. We salute this young girl for her fighting
spirit. With so many oddities, she is continuing with her studies. (Dist. Howrah, P.S. Domjur, FIR Case No.
400/17 Date – 16.05.’17, U/S 498 A/ 326/ 326 A/ 307/34 IPC).
4)
Sabita Biswas – was studying MBA in a private institute at
Barasat. Sabita lost her father at a young age and her family was not
financially sound. She got acquainted with Partha and eventually they got
married. Partha’s mother and he himself were after “gaining from the marriage”.
After an altercation, he beat her blue and black and then set her ablaze. She
got operated this year, and presently working for another NGO, GUP. (Dist. 24 Pgs. (N), P.S. Barasat, FIR
Case No. 973 /16 Date – 18.11.’16, U / S
5)
Paromita Bera – hailing from a poor family of Daspur,
Paschim Medinipur, got more than 82% in her Higher secondary examinations in
2016. She was excited to study in a college and went to sleep happily. Just
then, at the dead of a night, acid was thrown on her. Her brother and mother
also suffered burn at the same incident. She was so demoralized, she wanted to
finish herself. Later she got her confidence back and has finished her
Graduation with major in Sociology. Presently she is preparing for Competitive
Examinations. (Dist. Paschim
Medinipur, P.S. Daspur FIR Case No.124 / 15 Date – 30.05.’15 U/S 418 / 326 A/
307 IPC).
6)
Rupali Parui – an uneducated, poor village lady of Dhantolla, Nadia, of late
thirties sells flower-garlands. She has a full-fledged family with a husband, a
married daughter and a son. But she gets proposals from her neighbor. She
vehemently denies that. For her business she has to get up very early to gather
flowers. One day, at 4.30 AM, her burning sensation made her realize, something
liquid is being thrown on her back. Just as she turned, the neighbor,
accompanied by his son, threw the rest liquid, Acid on her face, and front
portion of her body. Today her eyes have gone, and her skin condition on most
of her upper body does not let het rest. Since the accused are more socially
strong, they are trying their best to prove themselves innocent. But she is
bravely fighting back through the court procedures. (Dist. Nadia, Dhantala P.S. FIR Case No. 141/16 date. 20.05.’16
TPC U/S 326A & 120B IPC).
7)
Sutopa Das – a sprightly young girl from a lower-income group from Daspur
of Paschim Medinipur got admitted in a college in Purba Medinipur. Asit Bangal
and his friend Sauradeep Mondol are two village boys working as gold-smith in
Puna, sent her messages that they love her. Sutopa did not respond to their
calls. Sauradeep continued his advances, and threatened to do her ‘harm’. In
2016, she was appearing at her 2nd Year final Examinations. It was
quite a distance she had to travel to reach her home. Her uncle was
accompanying her from the Examination Hall. The boy was found to be following
her in his motorbike just as many other days. But that day he had a mug in his
hand, and his face was covered by a handkerchief, so as her head with a helmet.
Suddenly he came in front of her, and threw Acid. In the first attempt, left
side of her neck, and part of back were burnt. In his second attempt, a few
seconds after, more parts of the front side were affected. As usual she had to
discontinue her studies due to long medico-surgical intervention. Like many other
cases, she too had to run from pillars to posts to get her compensation. And
she does not know how far she will have to go to get her legal rights
established. But hats off to her mental strength, she had taken admission for
completing her Graduation this year with Bengali Major at Netaji Subhas Open
University.(Dist. Paschim Medinipur,
P.S. Daspur FIR Case No.155 / 16 Date – 14.6.’16 U/S 341 / 326 A/ 307 IPC).
