An 18 year-old married woman was allegedly kept hostage and raped for five days by a man in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi district, police said on Friday.
The top court had on April 23 reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking revisiting of a judgement that had reduced the severity of the anti-dowry law on the offence of subjecting a married woman to cruelty by spouse and in-laws.
A married woman was held captive and allegedly raped by five persons.