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: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE S N DHINGRA Rani vs The State Of Nct Of Delhi on 2 December, 2010 Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. O.P. Saxena, Addl. PP for the State. Law Point: Every suicide after marriage cannot be presumed to be a suicide due to dowry demand. JUDGEMENT 1. Present Appeal has […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Chand Ram & Ors. vs State & Anr. on 15 July, 2010 Nemo For the appellant. Mr. Vivek Choudhary & Mr. Satish, Advocates For the respondent. Law Point: Mutual Divorce granted, 498A pending, Quashed on application by husband JUDGEMENT 1. Present petition has been filed for quashing of FIR No. 33 […]
Court: Jharkhand High Court Cr. Revision No. 137 of 2010 Bench: JUSTICE D.K.SINHA Ram Nandan Jha vs State Of Jharkhand & Anr on 14 February, 2011 Mr. B.M.Tripathy, Adv. and Mr. Navin Kumar Jaiswal For the appellant. Mr. T. Kabiraj, A.P.P. For State M/s N.P.Singh, Bhaiya Vishwajeet Kumar & A.K.Singh, Advocates. For OP2 Law Point: DP3 filed against father […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: S.N.Variava, K.T.Thomas Basavaraj R. Patil And Others vs State Of Karnataka And Others on 11 October, 2000 Law Point: Under CrPC 313, the presence of accused may be exempted JUDGEMENT Leave granted. When a criminal court completes prosecution evidence (other than in summons cases) is it indispensably […]
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: 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 […]