India, Oct. 2 -- A woman from Uttar Pradesh, who was presumed dead and whose in-laws were facing trial in a dowry death case, has been found alive in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.

The case dates back to 2023, when the woman went missing from her marital home in Auraiya district, about 18 months after her marriage. At the time, her family filed a missing person's complaint and later alleged that she had been killed for dowry. With no trace of her to be found, the family accused her husband and six in-laws of murdering her. Based on their allegations, police registered a case under Section 304B (dowry death) of the Indian Penal Code, NDTV reported.

The case continued in court for nearly two years as investigators tried to trac...