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ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT

Year of decision: 2019
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Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - Quashing of summoning order - Accused husband filed divorce petition against wife in which he admitted that there is no consummation of marriage - Despite that wife gave a birth to a male child in her parental house as a result of adultery - Accused thus,..........

ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT

Year of decision: 2019
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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Summoning of additional accused - Dowry death - Cruelty - Mediator of settling the marriage - On the request of complainant side he got himself involved to ask accused not to demand additional dowry or to harass the deceased - Not alleged in..........

PUNJAB AND HARAYANA HIGH COURT

Year of decision: 2019
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Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 9 -- Restitution of conjugal rights - Application by husband - Wife clearly stated that she does not wish to live with husband under any circumstances - Evidence on record proves that wife has withdrawn from society of husband without any just or reasonable excuse - Once it stands established that allegations of wife qua domestic violence..........

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Year of decision: 2019
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Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Death by burning within 7 years of marriage - However, prosecution failed to prove that deceased was subjected to cruelty or harassment soon before her death in connection with any demand of dowry - Even father of deceased did not have direct knowledge of demand of dowry - Accused rightly acquitted...........

DELHI HIGH COURT

Year of decision: 2019
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Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce petition by wife - Cruelty - Allegation of demand of dowry - Husband not cross-examined wife on said aspect - Testimony of wife becomes unimpeachable and this by itself is a ground to dissolve marriage on ground of cruelty...........

MADRAS HIGH COURT

Year of decision: 2019
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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Quashing of proceedings - Offence under PWDV Act - Admittedly, respondent/daughter-in-law and son of petitioner/father-in-law after 10 days of marriage started living separately at place `C' and petitioner/father-in-law was living at place `M' with his family and they did not share common house hold - Even, Court below analysed..........

PUNJAB AND HARAYANA HIGH COURT

Year of decision: 2019
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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 316, 34 -- Bail - Dowry death - Contents of FIR reflect that immediately after marriage husband and mother-in-law of deceased started taunting deceased that her parents have not given motor-cycle, thus, demand of dowry if any, is against husband and mother-in-law and not against..........

MADRAS HIGH COURT

Year of decision: 2019
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Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Petition by husband - Husband alleges that wife ill-treated him and failed to take care of him being a dutiful wife and also deserted him - Wife in her cross-examination admitted that she never took any step at her instance or at the instance of her family members - Even, wife admitted that husband did not..........

DELHI HIGH COURT

Year of decision: 2019
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Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 34 -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Allegation against parents of husband - Unnatural death occurred within 7 years of marriage - Family members of deceased categorically stated that demand for dowry was raised by not only husband but also present accused - There are averments of family members of deceased that soon before death of..........

RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT

Year of decision: 2019
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Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 323, 354, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - Quashing of proceedings - Plea that FIR was lodged as a counter blast to filing of divorce petition - Filing of divorce petition or petition u/s 9 of Hindu Marriage Act cannot be taken into consideration to..........

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