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: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: Justice Pranay Verma Dinesh Joshi vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 31 March, 2023 Law Point: Necessary Ingredients of abetment to commits suicide missing offence under section 306, IPC against peritioner not made out JUDGEMENT Heard on I.A No. 4510/2023 which is an application for condonation of […]
Court: High Court Of Punjab And Haryana At Chandigarh Bench: Harinder Singh Sidhu, J. Rajan Bhardwaj vs. State of Haryana on 31 August, 2022 Law Point: Suicide note and other material on record, does not prima facie make out alleged offence against petitioner under section 306 IPC JUDGEMENT 1. By filing the present Revision, the […]
Court: Orissa High Court Bench: JUSTICE Satrughana Pujahari Chandra Sekhar Patnaik Vs. State Of Orissa On 4 May 2017 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 Sections 306, 498A – Abetment of Suicide Cruelty Conviction of accused appellant unsustainable on basis of evidence adduced by prosecution Evidence shows that deceased developed sense of fear that her […]
Bombay High Court JUSTICE M.L. Tahaliyani Ramu Shankar Wagh Vs. State Of Maharashtra On 11 Feb 2014 Law Point: Section 113B — Cruelty — Abetment of Suicide — Presumption — Major allegation of evidence was found missing from police statements creates a serious doubt about correctness of evidence of witnesses — No evidence to establish […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE J.P. Gupta Shiv Dhar & Anr. Vs. State Of Madhya Pradesh On 6 April 2017 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 304B, 498A — Cruelty — Dowry Death — Abetment to Suicide — Appeal against Conviction — There is no dispute as to nature of […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE Sheo Kumar Singh & Ramesh Sinha Awadhesh Kumar Vs. State Of U.P. On 2 April 2014 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 306, 498A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113B — Dowry Death — Abetment of suicide — Cruelty — Presumption — Ingredients of offence […]
Court: Jharkhand High Court Bench: JUSTICE Prashant Kumar & Amitav K. Gupta Rabindra Nath Tiwary & Ors. Vs. State Of Jharkhand On 25 February 2014 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113A — Abetment of suicide — Cruelty — Presumption — Deceased committed suicide within […]
Court:Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE T.V. Nalawade State of Maharashtra Vs. Hanmant & Ors. On 21 January 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 304B, 306, 34 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Sections 113A, 113B — Cruelty — Dowry Death — Abetment of Suicide — Common Intention — Presumption — Appeal against […]
Patna High Court JUSTICE Vinod Kumar Sinha Dileep Rajak & Anr. Vs. State On 6 March 2018 Law Point: Sections 306, 498A — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — No iota of evidence in testimony of PWs to support prosecution case with regard to torture or harassment to deceased and forcing her to commit suicide […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES K.S. Radhakrishnan & Vikramajit Sen Mangat Ram Vs. State Of Haryana On 27 March 2014 Law Point: Sections 306, 498A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113A — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — Dowry demand — Presumption — Death of deceased was accidental as she was suffering […]