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: 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 […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM R.Parthasarathy vs State By on 5 March, 2010 Mr.C.S. Dhanasekaran, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.J.C.Durairaj, G.A (Crl.Side) For the respondent. Law Point: Speedy relief- finish trial within 4 months PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code praying for a direction to call for the records in C.C. No.286/2007 pending on […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Equivalent citations: 19 (1981) DLT 75 Bench: C Talwar Harvinder Singh vs The Delhi Administration on 27 August, 1980 Law Point: Handcuffing of a prisoner while being escorted from jail to the Courts or any other place such as the hospitals and back, is not permissible under law JUDGEMENT […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: Harjit Singh Bedi, Chandramauli Kr. Prasad Subhash vs State Of Haryana on 16 December, 2010 Law Point: Significant omission of witness statement recorded under Section 161 of the Cr.P.C amount to a contradiction JUDGEMENT This appeal arises out of the following facts : 1. The deceased Anuradha, and the […]
Court: Delhi High Court Equivalent citations: 138 (2007) DLT 535 Bench: JUSTICE S N Dhingra Smt. Sangeeta Kalra vs State on 2 March, 2007 Law Point: 498A quashed against sister-in-law on basis of letter written by wife to husband JUDGEMENT 1. This is a petition under Section 482 Cr. P.C. for quashing of FIR No. […]
Court: Kerala High Court Bench: JUSTICE R. BASANT Moolavalappil Shukoor vs State Of Kerala on 8 January, 2007 SRI.V.RAMKUMAR NAMBIAR, Adv. For the appellant. Public Prosecutor For the respondent. Law Point: Charges of 376 quashed against father and brother, 498A trial to continue against husband JUDGEMENT The petitioners are accused 1 to 3 in a prosecution interalia under Sections 498A and Section 376 […]
Court: High Court of Delhi Bench: JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA Amit Sharma Vs. State & Ors. on 6 August, 2010 Mr. R.S. Kela, Adv. For the appellant. Mr. Sunil Sharma, APP for State Mr. R.K. Pandhi, Advocate for R-2 Law Point: LOC and FIR quashed in NRI case JUDGEMENT 1. The present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C read with Article […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Equivalent citations: 1989 SCR (1) 560, 1989 SCC (1) 715 Bench: Shetty, K.J. (J) Stree Atyachar Virodhi Parishad … vs Dilip Nathumal Chordia & Anr on 8 February, 1989 Mr. Gopal Narain Aggarwal, Adv. For the appellant. Mr.Narinder Kaushik, Adv. For the respondent. Law Point: Moral obligation versus legal obligation ACT: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973: ss. 227 & […]