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: Orissa High Court Bench: JUSTICE Dr. B.R. Sarangi Braja Kishore Das & Ors. Vs. State Of Orissa On 02 August 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Section 4 — Cruelty — Dowry demand — Quashing of cognizance of offence — When main accused already […]
Court: Orissa High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.K. Sahoo Ranjan Kumar Sahu Vs. State Of Orissa On 01 September 2016 Law Point: (i) Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A, 34 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Section 4 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113A — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — Common intention […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE U.C. Maheshwari & G.D. Saxena State of M.P. Vs. Rakesh Kumar & Anr. On 02 May 2013 Law Point: Decree of restitution of conjugal rights in favour of the husband. Interim maintenance should not be endorsed. Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 307 — Dowry Prohibition Act, […]
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 […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Reva Khetrapal & Pratibha Rani State Vs. Naresh & Ors. On 10 December 2014 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 304B — Cruelty — Dowry Death — Appeal against acquittal — Benefit of doubt — Considerable delay in lodging of FIR — Major improvements and embellishments […]
Court:Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICE N. Santosh Hegde & B.P. Singh Lella Srinivasa Rao Vs. State Of Andhra Pradesh On 26 February 2004 Law Point: Abetment of Suicide, Cruelty : Inconsistency between two dying declarations : High Court gave acquittal under Section 306, IPC : Witnesses declared hostile by prosecution : Prosecution failed to […]
Court: Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Ranga Reddy Alamuri Lalitha Devi & Ors. Vs. State Of Andhra Pradesh On 22 August 1994 Law Point: Section 498-A — Cruelty — No evidence that death is homicidal or suicide — Evidence suggest, might be natural death — A reasonable nexus has to be established between cruelty […]
Court: Bombay High Court Bench: JUSTICE Vishnu Sahai Rajendra Ramkrishna Lande Vs. State Of Maharashtra On 30 July 1997 Law Point: Allegations of general nature. Not a case of prosecution that Husband used to physically ill-treat deceased Wife.Fit case to grant benefit of doubt to appellant. JUDGEMENT 1. Through this appeal, the […]