Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 498A, 201, 34 -- Murder - Cruelty - Deceased died an unnatural death within three months of her marriage - However, prosecution has miserably failed to prove that she was subjected to cruelty or harassment with regard to demand of dowry or even otherwise before her death - It is neither a case of murder or of dowry death - Acquittal..........
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 304B, 176, 201 -- Dowry death - Cause of death of deceased was not known as no postmortem was conducted - Deceased was pregnant when she expired and earlier she had a miscarriage - Prosecution miserably failed to prove unnatural death of deceased, consequently presumption against accused u/s 304-B IPC cannot be invoked - Case set up that..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 306, 35 -- Bail - Dowry death - Deceased died under unnatural circumstances within approximately five years of her marriage - Allegations of dowry harassment are specifically tied to claim that applicant pressurized deceased to arrange funds for the payment of car..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 113B -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Testimony of PWs - Cause of death is burn injuries i.e unnatural death - Incident took place within four years of marriage - However, none of PWs proved that deceased was harassed for dowry - Mother and brothers of deceased stated that economic circumstances were the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder of wife by husband - No evidence on record to show that husband was available on the night when death occurred - Husband had a plausible explanation that he was on duty when death of his wife occurred - It was husband who first intimated police about sudden and unnatural death of his wife - Relatives of deceased having come to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - Death of deceased within 7 years of marriage - Deceased died under unnatural circumstances by burn injuries - However, prosecution has not been able to prove that deceased was subjected to cruelty soon before her death as there was no ante mortem injuries found on body of deceased - There is no mention of any mental..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 304B -- Cruelty - Dowry death - Mere death of deceased being unnatural in matrimonial home, though within seven years of marriage, will not be sufficient to convict accused, who is mother-in-law of deceased u/ss 304-B, 498-A IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 34 -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Deceased died unnatural death prior to 7 years of marriage - However, prosecution failed to prove the fact that deceased was subjected to cruelty for demand of dowry - Trial Court committed error in convicting the appellants on the basis of dying declarations of deceased - Appellants acquitted...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 364, 302, 34 -- Kidnapping and murder - Testimonies of eye witnesses - Natural presence of eye witnesses at the place of occurrence is under serious doubt, as naturally present public persons were not examined as witnesses - Conduct of eye witnesses also appears to be unnatural considering that they were all relatives of deceased - Evidence..........
