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: 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: Supreme Court of India Bench: Dr. Arijit Pasayat, C.K. Thakker, Lokeshwar Singh Panta Renu Kumari vs Sanjay Kumar & Ors on 3 March, 2008 Law Point: Quash overturned as respondents did not present themselves even after servicing of notice/summons. JUDGEMENT 1. Leave granted. 2. Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of a […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. BASANT Unnikrishnan vs Latha on 30 July, 2007 SRI.P.SHAIJAN JOSEPH, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. Sunny Xavier, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Harmonious settlement of the disputes between the spouses can be accepted and proceedings in 498A can be quashed JUDGEMENT The petitioners are accused in a crime registered, inter alia, under Sec.498A of the IPC. The […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Equivalent citations: 1988 (1) WLN 510 Bench: JUSTICE N KASLIWAL J. Om Prakash vs State Of Rajasthan on 23 February, 1988 Law Point: Sections 302, 306, 498 A and False accusation quashed. Accused not present at the crime scene JUDGEMENT 1. The petitioner by this petition under Section 482, Cr. PC, […]
Court: High Court Of Uttarakhand Bench: JUSTICE NIRMAL YADAV State vs Nishikant on 16 July, 2010 Mr. Nandan Arya, AGA for State, For the appellant. Mr. Vivek Shukla, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Misuse of dowry laws to implicate the husband and family JUDGEMENT This appeal has been preferred by the State of Uttarakhand challenging the judgment dated 30.08.1996 vide which […]
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: High Court of Delhi Equivalent citations: 19 (1981) DLT 75 Bench: C Talwar Harvinder Singh vs The Delhi Administration on 27 August, 1980 Law Point: Handcuffing of a prisoner while being escorted from jail to the Courts or any other place such as the hospitals and back, is not permissible under law JUDGEMENT […]
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 […]