Doesn't happen anymore really. If a man demands dowry from the female he can go to jail. There have already been many cases of women lying about that and conning the man AND his family to jail (personal experience too).

yes dowry system is still prevalent in India.

I read somewhere that "marriage dowry" is illegal in India, but we don't know what happens behind closed doors.

I don't know much too but when i browsed in Google and found about this.. ya Ashlay is right maybe is about dowry but the woman who must pay dowry to marry the man according to the price given the man.. anyway i thought this is not happened again in this century.... :)

Did you mean "dowry" as in marriage dowry?