On December 25, the "engagement case" in Datong, Shanxi finally ushered in the first-instance verdict. However, behind this seemingly simple case, there are many staggering plots. What happens when love, power and money are intertwined?
According to reports, on May 1, 2023, the 27-year-old man and the 24-year-old woman held a grand engagement banquet. The man's family gave the woman a bride price of 100,000 yuan and a gold ring, and promised to pay the other half of the bride price when they got married. In order to ensure the reliability of the marriage contract, the parties also signed a detailed engagement and bride price agreement. It clearly states that if the man repents, the woman does not need to return the bride price;On the contrary, if the woman repents, she needs to return the full amount.
However, just the second day of the engagement, things took a dramatic turn. According to the man's mother, Ms. Zhen, after returning to the banquet, the two hugged and hugged back to the wedding room. After having sex, the woman suddenly asked the man to add his name to the real estate certificate and make up the remaining 100,000 yuan in dowry. When the man said that he could not meet these conditions at present, the woman actually called the police on the grounds of **. On May 4, ** opened a case for investigation, and the man was immediately detained.
The case has attracted widespread attention. The court convicted the woman on the grounds that she objected to premarital sex and sentenced the defendant to 3 years in prison for the crime of **. However, Ms. Zhen insisted that her son had been treated unfairly. She said that she felt that the woman's statement was adopted throughout the whole process, and her two lawyers were unable to attend the scene due to the sudden notice of the court to pronounce the verdict, and the 26 defense opinions submitted before were not adopted. After the verdict was pronounced in the first instance, the man appealed in court.
As soon as this case came out, it immediately aroused widespread concern in the society, and many netizens left messages. Some netizens commented: "This ** is an engagement, and it is clearly about business!."Some netizens ridiculed: "The bride price is really the root of all evil, it can make people turn their faces and not recognize people!."Some netizens also believed: "The court verdict is too hasty, the man should be given a fair trial!."”
Some of the issues reflected in this case are worth pondering. First, the bride price system is still entrenched, leading many families to get into disputes as a result. Second, parents need to strengthen sex education for young people to make them aware of the dire consequences of premarital sex.