Case 4:

Chronology

January 1999	Arranged Marriage – New Delhi
2002-2005	Constant threats of committing suicide, filing false dowry case, verbal and physical abuse
October 2005	Mother (aged) forced to leave own house
Oct-July 2006	Living in mother’s house – just two of us
Oct-July 2006	Verbal and physical abuse continues – in house, on road, in car
August 2006	Assaulted – Forced out of own house with no clothes/belongings
August 2006	Move into rented house
September 2006	I file for Divorce for cruelty
Oct 2006 - Feb 2007	Summons and Visits to Crime Against Women Cell
March 2007	Summons from Delhi Commission for Women
March 2007	FIR u/s 498A against Self Mother Elder sister Brother-in-law Younger Brother
Mar 2007 to present	Complaints to Police continue to get bail cancelled
June 2007	Maintenance u/s 24 HMA filed
October 2007	Maintenance u/s 125 CrPC filed
February 2008	DV case filed – for Maintenance/stay in house Against Self Mother Elder Sister Brother-in-law

Current Status

 I, Nitin (name changed) and my mother (widow, aged 65 years, in ill-health), have been forced outside our own house. I am living in a 1-bedroom house and my mother is living in our ancestral village. All our personal belongings are still in the house. Due to repeated complaints to police, we cannot even dare go anyplace close to our house in Delhi.

At the same time we are fighting the different cases filed against us – 498A, 125CrPC and DV Act.