law: Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
  4.  [(Note: Subs. by act 63 of 1984, sec.4) Penalty
  
  for demanding dowry.-
  If any person demands, directly or indirectly,
  
  from the parents or other relatives or guardian of a bride or bridegroom, as
  
  the case may be, any dowry, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term
  
  which shall not be less than six months, but which may extend to two years and
  
  with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees.
  Provided that the Court may, for a adequate and
  
  special reasons to be mentioned in the judgment, impose a sentence of
  
  imprisonment for a term of less than six months.