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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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA JUSTICE Dipak Misra, J. & Amitava Roy K.V. PRAKASH BABU Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA On 22 November 2016 Law Point: ‘Suspicion’ of ‘extra-marital relationship’ of husband — Extra-marital relationship, per se, or as such would not come within ambit of Section 498A, IPC — It would be an illegal or immoral […]
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 C.V. Sirpurkar Ramlal Prajapati Vs. State Of Madhya Pradesh On 15 September 2017 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 439 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A, 34 — Bail — Abetment of suicide — Cruelty — Petitioners, father-in-law and mother-in-law of deceased — […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.S. Shinde, J. & S.M. Gavhane State Of Maharashtra Vs. Govardhan Vithal Govande & Ors. On 20 July 2017 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 378(3) — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304B, 498A, 306, 34 — Appeal against Acquittal — Dowry Death — Cruelty — […]
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 […]
Court: Calcutta High Court Bench: JUSTICE Kanchan Chakraborty Sambhunath Das & Ors. Vs. State Of West Bengal On 3 December 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113A — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — Common intention — Death of deceased by hanging in matrimonial […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE T.V. Nalawade State Of Maharashtra Vs. Sahebrao Ramrao Muthe & Ors. On 18 January 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 306 r/w Section 34 — Cruelty — Abetment to suicide — Common intention — Suicide committed by jumping into well along with one year old […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.L. Achliya Datta & Ors. Vs. State Of Maharashtra On 13 October 2016 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A, 34 — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — Common intention — Benefit of doubt — Suicidal death of deceased by burning herself — No cogent, convincing […]
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 […]