PRJ-LIVE-RJ-1987-ROOPKANWAR | Domestic Violence

PRJ-LIVE-RJ-1987-ROOPKANWARDomestic ViolenceJUDGMENT DELIVERED

Location: Sikar, Rajasthan

Incident: 1987-09-04

IPC Sections: 302, 306, 107

Victims: 1

Data confidence:93%

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Timeline · 4 events

1987-09-04FIR FILEDMilestone95%
Roop Kanwar (18), married 8 months, immolated on husband's funeral pyre at Deorala village, Sikar, Rajasthan. Her in-laws and thousands of villagers reportedly witnessed and glorified the event.
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1987-10-01~LEGISLATION ENACTEDMilestone95%
Rajasthan government promulgates Commission of Sati (Prevention) Ordinance 1987; Parliament enacts Act same year criminalizing sati and its glorification. 11 family members of Kanwar's husband arrested.
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1996-06-01~VERDICT PRONOUNCEDMilestone90%
Rajasthan HC acquits all 11 family members citing insufficient evidence of abetment or coercion. No witness testifies to forcible immolation. Prosecution criticised for inadequate evidence collection.
Court: Rajasthan High Court
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1997-01-01~CASE CLOSED88%
SC dismisses state appeal; acquittals stand. Despite legal closure, case remains pivotal: drove sati legislation and feminist discourse on widowhood, patriarchy and female bodily autonomy in India.
Court: Supreme Court of India
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Key Milestones

◆1987-09-04FIR FILED
◆1987-10-01LEGISLATION ENACTED
◆1996-06-01VERDICT PRONOUNCED

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