Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 307, 323, 313, 406, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Attempt to murder - Dowry demand - Complaint is absolutely silent about any specific date or time of torture - No iota of material can be found regarding incident of pouring kerosene oil on her and or banging her head with wall from case diary - Nature of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Marriage between accused and defacto complainant was annulled by a competent Court - There was thus, no valid marriage between parties - Offence u/s 498-A IPC will not lie against petitioners - Proceedings qua petitioner quashed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Stranger/neighbor cannot be drawn into proceedings for offence u/s 498-A IPC between husband, wife or family members...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Allegation against stranger/neighbour that she instigated husband to torture wife - Petitioner would not fit into definition of family u/s 498-A IPC - Permitting further proceedings against petitioner would become an abuse of process of law and result in miscarriage of justice - Proceedings qua petitioner, quashed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Sentence - Sessions Court imposed sentence of 1 year R.I. only u/s 498-A IPC and a fine of Rs.100 - Appellant has undergone R.I. for five months longer than what has been imposed on him u/s 498-A IPC - Since his incarceration has been much more than what had been imposed by Sessions Court and was affirmed by High Court, it..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - Prima facie allegations of harassment and demand of dowry are made out - However, despite that High Court quashed FIR against respondents primarily on the ground that earlier two complaints that were filed by appellant did..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304B, 498A, 201 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Allegation against father-in-law - Conviction upheld for following reasons: (i) unnatural death of deceased which was not accidental but homicidal as established from medical evidence; (ii) death occurred inside the house occupied by accused which was under his control; (iii) FIR..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Allegations against father-in-law, mother-in-law and sister-in-law - Allegations against appellants are of a general nature as well as vague without any particulars - There are other omnibus statements made in complaint without any particulars whatsoever - Vague and general allegations cannot lead to forming of a prima..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Cannot be established without specific instances...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Merely stating that appellant has mentally harassed complainant with respect to a demand for dowry does not fulfill the ingredients of S.498-A of IPC especially in absence of any cogent material or evidence on record to substantiate said allegations...........
