Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - Basic ingredients of the provision of S.304-B IPC are : (1) That the death of the woman was caused by any burns or bodily injury or in some circumstances which were not normal; (2) such death occurs within 7 years from the date of her marriage; (3) that the victim was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 113A, 113B -- Suicide - Abetment - Cruelty - Suicide after eight years of marriage - S.113-A Evidence Act is not applicable - S.113-B Evidence Act also not attracted as there was no allegation that any unlawful demand for dowry was made - Nothing to show that appellants in fact by their conduct desired..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 2 -- Accused husband demanded a sum of Rs.1 lakh from parents of deceased not as a loan but in connection with relationship of marriage - Held, that demand of Rs.1 lakh as a valuable property and fell within the purview of dowry...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 113B -- Dowry death - Prosecution has to establish that the victim died within 7 years of marriage and she was subjected to cruelty or harassment soon before her death and such cruelty or harassment was for dowry - The expression 'soon before her death' has not been defined in either of the statutes - Court..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 304B, 201 -- Deceased found dead the next morning after the nuptial night - Held, that demand of dowry or any harassment on that basis could not have taken place immediately after the marriage - Such features emerge only after sometime has elapsed - Even medical evidence is of no help in determining the cause of death - Presumption..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438 -- Anticipatory bail - Grant of - Allegations of harassment in the FIR do not relate to dowry demand at all - Further, allegations of harassment are directed against `S' - Even read very liberally, FIR does not make out offence u/s 498A against petitioners - Pertaining to offence u/s 406..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Ingredients of the provision of S.304-B IPC are : (1) That the death of the woman was caused by any burns or bodily injury or in some circumstances which were not normal; (2) such death occurs within 7 years from the date of her marriage; (3) that the victim was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any relative of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - Essential ingredients for applicability of the provision of S.304-B IPC are : (i) The death of a woman should be caused by burns or bodily injury or otherwise than under a normal circumstance; (ii) Such a death should have occurred within seven years of her marriage; (iii) She must have been subjected to cruelty or..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 306 -- Modification of conviction - Unnatural death of a bride within seven years of marriage - No evidence as to the specific period of time when demand of dowry was made - No evidence that demand was in close proximity to the incident of death - However, there was evidence on record that deceased was ill treated in her matrimonial..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 113A -- Suicide - Within 1-1/2 months of marriage - Demand of dowry - Cruel behaviour - 100% burn injuries - Husband did not save though present at the time of incident - Presumption u/s 113-A Evidence Act applies though offence committed prior to coming into force of the provision as the provision has..........
