The Supreme Court on Friday reacted sharply to the plea filed by a man who was convicted in 2015 under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for torturing his wife over a dowry demand..The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotiswar Singh also criticized the man not providing for his daughters."What kind of a man you are if you don't even care for your daughters? How can we allow such a cruel man to enter our court at all ! Sara din Ghar pe kabhi saraswati puja and kabhi laxmi puja. Aur fir yeh sab," Justice Kant said.The Court said it can pass an order in his favor only if he agrees to transfer some agricultural land to his daughters."If he says he will transfer the agricultural land to his daughters, then we will pass some favourable order," it remarked..The petitioner, Yogeshwar Sao, was convicted in 2015 and sentenced to imprisonment of two and a half years in a case dating back to 2009. The trial court had found him guilty of torturing his wife over a dowry demand of ₹50,000. The couple had married in 2003 and have two daughters.It had also been alleged that he had got her uterus removed and he also married another woman. In 2016, Jharkhand High Court suspended his sentence after eleven months of custody.In September 2024, the High Court upheld the conviction. However, the Court did not find any evidence with regard to the allegation of uterus removal and remarriage.In a partial relief to the man, the Court then reduced his sentence to one and a half years with fine of ₹1 Lakh.The man then moved the apex court in December 2024.
