Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, 178 -- Cruelty - Quashing of summoning order - Lack of territorial jurisdiction - Prima facie evident that mental cruelty was still persisting in wife's mind while she was staying at her parental home as demand for valuables was still being persistently being made by petitioners - On taking..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 177, 178 -- Cruelty - Territorial jurisdiction of Court - Court where wife takes shelter after leaving or driven away from matrimonial home on account of acts of cruelty, would have jurisdiction to entertain complaint alleging commission of offence u/s 498-A IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 177, 178 -- Cruelty - Territorial jurisdiction of Court - Sending SMS to different girls for marriage proposal by husband prima facie disclose mental torture upon wife and thereby such mental torture can be well said to have taken place at the parental house where wife is residing - SDJM..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 178 -- Territorial jurisdiction - Offence committed in more local areas - One such areas being at place `C' as such Court at place `C' has jurisdiction to proceed with the criminal case instituted therein...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 178 -- Territorial jurisdiction - Continuing offence - Where offence is a continuing one and continues to be committed in more than one local areas and takes place in different local areas, Court having jurisdiction over any of such areas is competent to inquire into and try the offence as per S.178 Cr.P.C...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184 -- Transfer of three cases - Lack of territorial jurisdiction - Facts to be established by evidence may relate either to place of commission of offence or to other things dealt with by Ss.177 to 184 Cr.P.C - In such circumstances, Court cannot order transfer on the ground of lack of territorial..........
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, Section 32, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 154, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185 -- FIR - If information is as to cognizable offences under Chapter IV, Police officer is obliged to register FIR - But, has no jurisdiction to investigate offence - He is duty bound to refer complainant to concerned Drugs Inspector...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 154, 177, 178 -- FIR - Registration of FIR is mandated when information of cognizable offence is received - At the stage of investigation, it cannot be said that concerned police station does not have territorial jurisdiction to investigate the case...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, 177, 178, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 504, 506, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Quashing of proceedings - Lack of territorial jurisdiction - Allegation of thrashing and abusing and snatching her son - Offence said to be committed within area of place `G' - Veracity of this fact is to be seen by trial Court..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 177, 178, 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 406, 506, 34 -- Jurisdiction of Court - Cruelty - Quashing of FIR - All the offences itself complained arose in USA - Parties had invoked jurisdiction of US Court for their matrimonial dispute and all disputes stand settled - FIR at Panipat would not be sustainable qua..........
