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Dowry system as a social problem has acquired grave dimensions in recent years and all attempts for a legal solution have not produced the desired result. Over the past few years, the cases of bride burning have registered a sharp increase through-out India, everyday, almost every six hours, somewhere at some place in India,1 a young married woman is being burnt alive or beaten to death or being pushed the commit suicide.2 The gravity of the situation may also be judged from the fact hat the National Commission of the Women has recommended for the scraping of the dowry Prohibition Act. It only shows that the reality of the situation is beyond the legislative and enforcement activities. According to data complied by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of India , a total of 2,276 female suicides due to dowry disputes were reported in 2006 that is six a day on an average, while the figure was 2,305 in 2005. In 2004, at least 2,585 such cases were registered across the country.3 On an average one Indian woman commits suicide every four hours over a dowry dispute, as per official data, despite a series of laws to empower them.4 Dowry has been referred and may defined as “unilateral transfer of resources from 2 JEAIL 2008 Dowry Death in India 275

Dowry Deaths (bride burning) in India and Abetment of Suicide: A Socio-Legal Appraisal