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: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE Vinod K. Sharma Jasjit Singh Bakshi & Ors. Vs. State Of Punjab & Anr. On 8 April 2008 Law Point: Sections 406 and 498A — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 177, 482 — Cruelty, Criminal Breach of Trust — Territorial jurisdiction — Quashing of FIR — […]
Court: High Court Of Uttarakhand Bench: JUSTICE S.K. Gupta Ashutosh Pandey & Ors vs. Smt. Anupama Pandey & Ors. On 11 November 2011 Law Point: Criminal – Section 406- Quashing of proceedings – Prayer sought to quash entire proceedings of criminal complaint case pending before Court – Held, in view of discussion, Court was of […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE D.K. Jain Rajinder Singh Vs. State & Anr. On 13 October 1998 Law Point: Territorial Jurisdiction, Quashing of FIR — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 406 — Criminal Breach of Trust : Trial by Court within whose Local Jurisdiction Offence Committed — Marriage between petitioner and complainant solemnised […]
Court: High Court Of Madhya Pradesh Bench: JUSTICE M. Sharan Vijay Kumar and Anr. vs. Sunita and Ors. Law Point: Offence of criminal breach of trust might be inquired into or tried by a Court within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed. JUDGEMENT 1. This is a petition under Section 482 […]
Court: High Court Of Jharkhand Bench: JUSTICE Prashant Kumar Prabhakar Jha Vs. The State of Jharkhand and Ashok Kumar On 28 August 2009 Law Point: Even if the allegations made by the complainant was taken to be true on its face value then also the Appellate Court had no territorial jurisdiction to try the case […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE M.M. Kumar Vidya Devi Vs. State Of Haryana & Anr. On 9 October 2002 Law Point: Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 406, 498-A — Quashing of FIR : Criminal breach of trust, Cruelty : Wife facing criminal prosecution of killing her own husband […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.P. Garg Rashmi Raikhy & Anr. Vs. State Of Nct Delhi & Ors. ORS. On 1 February 2018 Law Point: Sections 406, 498A, 34 — Quashing of Look Out Circular (LOC) — Criminal breach of Trust — Cruelty — Common Intention — Petitioner No. 1 is facing trial for […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE Jagdish Singh Khehar & N.V. Ramana Ram Saran Varshney And Others Vs. State Of U.P. and Another On 5 February 2016 Law Point: No clear allegations have been leveled by Wife against any of her sister in laws. Visits by sister in laws cannot be treated as occasions […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Indermeet Kaur Sonal Sharma & Anr., Arun Sharma, Pooja Sharma Vs. State Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi & Anr. On 19 August 2014 Law Point: Section 406 — Criminal Breach of Trust — Criminal intent on part of accused to retain entrusted property — Mere one line at the […]
Court: Punjab and Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE K.S. Kumaran Ramesh Khullar & Anr. Vs. Alka @ Dimple On 21 March 1997 Law Point: Section 406 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Misappropriation of Dowry Articles : Complaint Absurd : Quashed — Complaint against husband, his sister and brother-in-law after three years […]