India, Aug. 31 -- A Delhi court has convicted a man in a 2021 dowry death case, saying an immediately proximate link is established between the demand for dowry and cruelty soon before his wife committed suicide.

Additional Sessions Judge Syed Zishan Ali Warsi convicted Surender Yadav under Sections 304B (dowry death) and 498A (cruelty by husband) of the Indian Penal Code.

According to the prosecution, the accused was a habitual gambler and drinker who frequently assaulted his wife Pooja.

Yadav had demanded money from Pooja on various pretexts, including repaying his gambling debts, after the couple tied the knot in 2017.

Pooja was found hanging in her matrimonial home in Palam Colony on January 5, 2021. In a 75-page verdict dated Aug...