The correct answer is one party to another party to marriage or parents of one party to another party to the marriage.
Key Points
Dowry System:
- Dowry, or the custom of accepting gifts by the bridegroom’s parents from to bride’s parents as part of a marriage settlement.
- Dowry is the money, valuables, goods, estate or property which the bride party gives to the groom's party in exchange for marriage.
- The Dowry system is most prevalent in village areas where people are uneducated and a girl is considered as a burden on their family.
- With upcoming times, this practice is not that common in urban areas.
- To prevent the system of dowry, The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 was enacted.
- Section 2 of the Prohibition of Dowry Act defines dowry as any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly.
- Dowry is given by one party to a marriage to the other party to the marriage or by the parents of either party to a marriage or by any other person, to either party to the marriage or to any other person.

