Some years back, I was sucked into the labyrinth of Indian Matrimonial laws and a false 498a in particular. To be fair, before it hit me, it was difficult for me to fathom the wide spread misuse of dowry laws and specially 498a in India.
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Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra Anjali Aggarwal vs State & Ors. on 22 September, 2010 Mr. J.C. Mahendroo, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. Sunil Sharma, APP for State/respondent. Law Point: Frivolous revision dismissed with heavy costs JUDGEMENT 1. By way of present petition under Section 397 of Cr.P.C. petitioner sought setting aside of the judgment dated […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: R.P. Sethi, Bisheshwar Prasad Singh Gananath Pattnaik vs State Of Orissa on 6 February, 2002 Law Point: Acquittal on basis of letters exchanged JUDGEMENT The appellant was charged for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 304B and498A of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly subjecting his wife to […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Umesh C. Banerjee, K.G. Balakrishnan Arvind Singh vs State Of Bihar on 26 April, 2001 Law Point: Far-fetched assumption without any cogent evidence on record not acceptable JUDGEMENT The appeal in question tell the tale of a young girl dying out of burn injuries. Whereas the learned Sessions Judge […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: N. Santosh Hegde & Doraiswamy Raju Baburam vs State Of Madhya Pradesh on 29 January, 2002 Law Point: Prosecution evidence needs to be proved beyond reasonable ground JUDGEMENT Deceased Bhagwan Devi was married to one Ram Kumar son of the appellant herein. It is stated by the prosecution that on […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: N Santosh Hegde, B P Singh. Ashok Vishnu Davare vs State Of Maharashtra on 10 February, 2004 Law Point: Dowry Death, improvement in prosecution witness statement, acquittal JUDGEMENT Being aggrieved by the judgment of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, the appellant has preferred this appeal. By the […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: N Santosh Hegde, B P Singh. Nallam Veera Stayanandam & Ors vs The Public Prosecutor, High Court … on 24 February, 2004 Law Point: Accidental death, acquital in 304B. Held guilty u/s 498A JUDGEMENT The appellants before us were charged of offences punishable under section 304B and […]
Court: Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY M.Mahesh Babu vs The State of A.P. & another on 21 January 2010 Law Point: NRI case, since accused flown down for this case only, finish trial within 3 months JUDGEMENT 1) This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. by the petitioner/A.1 seeking to […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM R.Parthasarathy vs State By on 5 March, 2010 Mr.C.S. Dhanasekaran, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.J.C.Durairaj, G.A (Crl.Side) For the respondent. Law Point: Speedy relief- finish trial within 4 months PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code praying for a direction to call for the records in C.C. No.286/2007 pending on […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Harjit Singh Bedi, Chandramauli Kr. Prasad Subhash vs State Of Haryana on 16 December, 2010 Law Point: Significant omission of witness statement recorded under Section 161 of the Cr.P.C amount to a contradiction JUDGEMENT This appeal arises out of the following facts : 1. The deceased Anuradha, and the […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Narender Singh Arora vs State (Govt. Of Nct Delhi) & Ors. on 1 September, 2010 Mr. R.S. Bains and Ms. Parvinder Khatra for revision petitioner Mr. O.P. Saxena, APP for State/ respondent no.1. Mr. Satish Tamta for respondent no.2 Law Point: Difference between a homicide (murder) […]