India, Aug. 18 -- A Delhi court has refused to discharge a man facing prosecution for allegedly subjecting his wife to dowry harassment and cruelty, saying that such offences are often committed within the four walls of a house and may not have eyewitnesses or CCTV camera footage.

Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh was hearing a revision petition filed by Sunil Sharma challenging an order directing framing of charges against him under the law relating to cruelty by husband or his relatives and the Dowry Prohibition Act.

In the order dated August 13, the court said, "As regards the contention that there is no medical evidence to support the claim of the complainant that she was beaten by her husband, I find that at the stage of fram...