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: Patna High Court Bench: JUSTICE Anjana Prakash Shankar Choudhary & Anr. Vs. State Of Bihar On 13 December 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 498A, 306 — Dowry Death — Cruelty — Abetment of suicide — Deceased alleged to have sustained burn injuries and died — She was removed to […]
Bombay High Court JUSTICE P.V. Hardas & A.S. Gadkari Balwant Daulat Patil (Dr.) Vs. State Of Maharashtra On 8 April 2014 Law Point: Sections 302, 306, 304B — Appeal against acquittal — No evidence that accused had instigated deceased to commit suicide or had in any manner ill-treated thereby creating a situation which would drive […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE Ajai Lamba & Aditya Nath Mittal Phirozi Vs. State Of U.P. & Ors. On 7 January 2016 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 498A — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3, 4 — Quashing of FIR — […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.K. Jain Vineet Vats Vs. State Of NCT Of Delhi On 3 March 2014 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 304B — Cruelty — Dowry death — Benefit of doubt — No allegation of appellant having subjected deceased to any kind of cruelty or harassment in […]
Court: Patna High Court Bench: JUSTICE Rajendra Kumar Mishra Jagbandhu Bin & Ors. Vs. State Of Bihar On 12 December 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 201, 34 — Dowry Death — Disappearance of Evidence — Common intention — Benefit of doubt — Ingredients of offence under Section 304B, IPC — […]
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: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Gita Mittal, J. & P.S. Teji Ramesh Kumar Vs. State Of Delhi On 27 October 2016 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 498A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113B — Dowry death — Cruelty — Presumption — Death of deceased-wife and son by sustaining burn […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dharnidhar Jha & Pankaj Naqvi Madan Pal Sharma Vs. State Of U.P. & Ors. On 16 July 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 304B — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113B — Dowry death — Presumption — Acquittal of accused — Non-establishment of ingredients of offence […]