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: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR Ibnubin Shiyad vs The Sub Inspector Of Police on 1 March, 2007 SRI.M.K.ABOOBACKER, Adv. For the appellant. Public Prosecutor For the respondent. Law Point: Anticipatory bail in 498 A and 403 I.P.C JUDGEMENT In this Petition filed under Sec. 438 Cr.P.C. the petitioner who is the accused in Crime No.97/07 of Kalamassery Police Station for offences […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: N.Santosh Hegde, S.B.Sinha, G.P.Mathur Samarendra Nath Bhattacharjee vs State Of West Bengal & Anr on 25 August, 2004 Law Point: No material to establish intimidation by the accused on bail, Cancellation of Bail reversed. JUDGEMENT Heard learned counsel for the parties. Leave granted. The appellant herein was an accused […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. BASANT T.C.Mathew vs State Of Kerala on 16 July, 2007 SRI.S.RAJEEV, Adv. For the appellant. PP For the respondent. Law Point: Antcipatory bail u/s 438 CrPC in 498A JUDGEMENT Application for anticipatory bail. The petitioners are the husband and step-mother of the husband of the de facto complainant. The marriage between the spouses took place on […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Equivalent citations: 1980 AIR 1632, 1980 SCR (3) 383 Bench: Chandrachud, Y.V. (Cj), Bhagwati, P.N., Untwalia, N.L., Pathak, R.S., Reddy, O. Chinnappa (J) Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia Etc vs State Of Punjab on 9 April, 1980 Mr. Gopal Narain Aggarwal, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Narinder Kaushik, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: No FIR needed to Grant anticipatory bail. […]
Court: Patna High Court Bench: Birendra Prasad Verma, J. Ram Nath Thakur vs State Of Bihar on 26 March, 2011 Law Point: 498A after 2 years of husband filing divorce, granted bail JUDGEMENT The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a criminal prosecution, under Sections 498(A), 406 and494 of the Indian Penal Code as also 3/4 […]