Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Allegation against brother of husband - Permission sought by brother of husband to travel back to USA for resuming his job - Brother of husband not living in same premises as his brother/accused - General omnibus allegation against all accused by wife that accused ruined her life by misrepresentation, concealment etc. -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Allegation against mother-in-law - Deceased was subjected to torture/cruelty by mother-in-law with regard to jewels - Father and mother of deceased fully supported the case of prosecution - Moreover, there is concurrent findings of facts recorded by both the Courts on harassment and torture by mother-in-law with regard to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Allegation against mother-in-law - Reduction of sentence - When an offence has been committed by a woman/mother-in-law by meting out cruelty to another woman i.e daughter-in-law, it becomes more serious offence - No leniency is required to be shown to accused - However, since the incident is of year 2006 and accused is..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 294, 34, 506(PartII), Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 228 -- Cruelty - Matrimonial dispute - Order of framing of charge - FIR lodged by wife against husband cannot be said to be lodged by way of counter blast after receiving notice of divorce petition - As regarding question of delay in lodging FIR, FIR lodged when even..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Demand of money for construction of house even by deceased from her mother or uncle - Evidence on record that deceased was pressurized to make such a request for money - It was not a case of complicity but a case of helplessness faced by deceased in such adverse circumstances...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Death of deceased occurred on account of deceased dowsing kerosene oil and setting herself on fire at her matrimonial home within seven years of her marriage - Deceased was five months pregnant at the time of her death - She has been subjected to cruelty and harassment by accused soon before her death..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Offence u/s 498-A IPC - Settlement - Where marital discord between parties is settled and they are living together while leading a happy conjugal life, conviction u/s 498-A IPC not sustainable...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 118 -- Cruelty to woman - Husband and mother-in-law treated deceased with cruelty and harassed her for dowry resulting in her suicide by drowning herself in pond - Parents, uncle and neighbour of mother of deceased deposed that she told them about cruelty with demand of money - Married woman does not..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty to women - Non-examination of independent witnesses - Prosecution case cannot be thrown out only on ground that independent witnesses not came forward to depose in their favour - Merely because neighbourer are not examined by prosecution to prove harassment or cruelty by accused, it would not ipso facto mean that evidence of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty to women - Minor omissions in evidence - Unless and until it is pointed out that omission or improvement goes to root of case, same cannot be treated as contradiction...........
