Srinagar, May 8 -- "The manner in which the respondent No.2 (the woman) has improvised at every stage brings the prosecution case of gang rape against the petitioners in the realm of suspicion," said a single judge bench of Justice Sanjeev Kumar.

The woman got married in October 2020 as per Muslim rites and rituals. One year later, she filed a complaint before the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu alleging that her father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law had been torturing, abusing, and harassing her from the very next day of her marriage for not bringing enough dowry.

The initial FIR was registered under Sections 354/342, 498, 498-A, 504/506 of the IPC. Subsequently, offences under Section 376, 376-D of IPC were added t...