Recovery of my items
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 29 January 2026
This query is : Resolved
I purchased a gold necklace and bangles worth ₹7 lakh in 2018 , a few days before my marriage, and the bills are in my name. My wife wore them at the wedding. After two years, she called me to my bank to allow her to operate joint locker and threatened that if I did not come, she would call the police. When I went there, she took all the gold that I had purchased before marriage, along with the engagement ring that she had gifted to me. I made a video of the entire incident in which she clearly stated twice that she would return all my items once I returned a specific ring to her. I demanded my gold back the same day, but she refused. Can I legally recover all the gold, or will it be treated as her stridhan?
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 30 January 2026
If you have sufficient and strong proof that the said gold items were purchased before your marriage, you can very well lodge a criminal complaint against her for theft of your valuables and for the threats as well as physical abuse in order to put pressure on her to recover them
Dr. J C Vashista
(Expert) 30 January 2026
What action did you initiate to take particular item from your wife, which is part of her stridhan ?
Advocate Bhartesh goyal
(Expert) 30 January 2026
Gold items purchased by husband and. given to wife at the time of their marriage will be considered as Stri Dhan and wife will be absolute owner of those items husband and his parents can not claim any right over those items.
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 30 January 2026
Sir, she took away gold chain and engagement ring which she gifted me on marriage and engagement day
