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Z takes away a gold chain of his wife which was given by her father as Stridhan, without her consent,…

The wife's stridhan remains her property rather than becoming jointly owned through marriage. Taking her chain without consent and pledging it wrongfully deprives her of…

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Z takes away a gold chain of his wife which was given by her father as Stridhan, without her consent, and pledge it to raise money for domestic use. Z is

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The wife's stridhan remains her property rather than becoming jointly owned through marriage. Taking her chain without consent and pledging it wrongfully deprives her of possession, meeting theft under section 303(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 378 IPC); an intention to use the money domestically does not itself authorize the taking.

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