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:Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICE Indermeet Kaur Sunil Chand Gupta & Ors. Vs. State On 5 February 2014 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 376, 109 — Cruelty — Rape — Abetment — Benefit of doubt — Version of PW 1 victim is full of embellishments and exaggerations — PWs 3 and […]
Court:Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICE Sandeep Mehta Kamlesh Negi & Anr. Vs. State Of Rajasthan & Anr. On 04 March 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 406 — Cruelty — Criminal Breach of Trust — Cognizance of Offence — Quashing of — Last alleged act of cruelty upon complainant, which might […]
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: Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Raja Elango Rajesh Gutta Vs State Of A.p. & Ors. On 1 March 2011 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 482, 188, 161, 162 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498-A — Quashing of Proceedings — Dowry demand — Harassment — Complaint — Investigation — […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES Dipak Misra, J. & Amitava Roy Baijnath & Ors. Vs. State Of M.P. On 18 November 2016 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 304B — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113B — Cruelty — Dowry death — Cruelty or harassment of lady by her husband […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICE J.B. Garg Amarendu Jyoti & Ors. Vs. State Of Chhattisgarh & Ors. On 4 August 2014 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 178, 179, 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Cruelty — Territorial Jurisdiction — Offence of cruelty not continuing offence as […]
Court: Jharkhand High Court Bench: JUSTICE D.K. Sinha Amit Kumar Gupta & Anr Vs State Of Jharkhand & Anr On 11 July 2011 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 177, 178 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3, 4 — Territorial Jurisdiction — Cruelty, […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES Altamas Kabir, Cyriac Joseph & Surinder Singh Nijjar Thota Venkateswarlu Vs. State Of A.P. Tr. Princl. Sec. & Anr. On 2 September 2011 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 506 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3, 4 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Jarat Kumar Jain Swapnil Kolhe & Ors Vs Kirti Kolhe On 26 August 2014 Law Point: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 12, 28 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A, 34, 506 — Domestic […]
Court: Chhattisgarh High Court Bench: JUSTICE Arvind Singh Chandel Shyamlal Vs State Of Madhya Pradesh On 27 March 2018 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 306, 498A — Abetment of Suicide — Cruelty — Suicidal death of deceased after 20 years of marriage — No case of dowry demand — Alleged illicit relationship […]