Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 7(3) -- Taking of dowry and giving of dowry - Statement by wife and her family members in a complaint u/s 498-A and S.3 of 1961 Act with regard to `taking dowry' - Same cannot be substratum for launching prosecution against wife and her family members for the offence of `giving dowry' u/s 3 of the Act as they being `persons..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, 156(3), Constitution of India, 1950, Article 226 -- Quashing at threshold - High Court while exercising its inherent jurisdiction must remain circumspect in interfering with an order u/s 156(3) Cr.P.C. and ought to intervene only where it is evident that order lacks any legal foundation, suffers from perversity or that the same..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Investigation not to be scuttled - Criminal investigation ought not to be scuttled at the threshold except where complaint ex facie does not disclose commission of any cognizable offence or where continuation of proceedings would amount to an abuse of process of law - If facts are hazy and investigation has just begun,..........
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 8 -- Sexual assault - Delay in lodging FIR - Father of victim child is himself a member of police force - That being so, delay in lodging of FIR assumes greater importance - There is no explanation as to why police complaint was not lodged for nearly a day after alleged incident cannot be ignored - Delay, fatal..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 225 -- Issuance of process - Magistrate after examining complainant u/s 223 BNSS and noticing absence of supporting material has consciously chosen not to direct registration of an FIR but instead to invoke S.225 BNSS in order to conduct an inquiry himself to deliberate upon question of cognizance and thereafter either to..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Central Service Co-operative Bank - Plea that Co-operative Bank does not fall within definition of `Banker' u/s 3 of the Act as it is not licensed by Reserve Bank of India - Supreme Court has emphatically held that essence of "banking" lies in the acceptance of deposits from the public repayable on..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Withdrawal slip drawn on a co-operative Bank - Plea that instrument in question cannot be treated as a cheque is devoid of any merit - Substance of transaction, and not its form or nomenclature, is determinative - If the instrument operates as a mandate for payment drawn on an account maintained with an..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of complaint - Dishonour of cheque whether on account of `insufficient funds' or on account of freezing of account of petitioner - It is a matter of trial - Petition dismissed...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of complaint - Though Court concerned may sift evidence for purpose of inferring prima facie case but certainly, it cannot appreciate evidence adduced on record rather that can only be appreciated by trial Court in totality of evidence..........
Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 12 -- Domestic violence - Once marriage inter-se husband and wife is admitted and no legal/valid document with regard to subsistence of earlier marriage of wife ever came to be placed on record, complaint filed u/s 12 of the Act at the behest of wife is maintainable...........
