Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Cruelty or harassment - Need not always be demonstrated in the form of physical violence - In case a married woman goes out of her in laws house and i, laws make demand for dowry as a pre-condition for taking her back and even a Panchayat was held at local level to sort out the issue, are sufficient ingredients..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 201 -- Dowry death - Deceased died within 4 months of marriage - Evidence on record shows that there had been demands of dowry - Cruelty and harassment soon before her death against deceased also proved - Ingredients of S.304-B established - Husband and father-i, law convicted - Conviction of brother and brother-i, law set aside..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Death due to burn injuries within two years of marriage - Accused husband took deceased to hospital within half an hour and she died after five days - Deceased declared in her dying declaration that she caught fire accidentally - Dying declaration made by deceased before Naib Tehsildar in presence of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 34 -- Cruelty - Forcible administering of poisonous substance - Entire case sought to be made by PW3 about her being poisoned was disproved by forensic evidence - PW3 made several improvements in her statement - Previous to incident there was no complaint regarding cruelty by PW3 - FIR was registered only after statement of PW3 was..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 506, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Divorce by mutual consent - Criminal proceedings initiated before grant of divorce - After grant of divorce no further dispute survived between parties, though it was not so expressly recorded in the order - No liberty was reserved by wife to continue further proceedings against..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 2 -- Dowry demand - Demand made by accused for running a showroom of shoes cannot be termed to be demand in connection with marriage and is not a dowry demand within the meaning of S.2 of Act...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Evidence on record proved that deceased was subjected to harassment though not in connection with dowry demand but for other purposes - Dying declaration of deceased shows that she committed suicide by taking 4 tablets of sulphas - It is highly improbable that deceased would have taken extreme step of committing suicide if..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 304B, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Dowry Death - Deceased committed suicide by taking poison within 7 years of her marriage - Court acquitted husband and father-i, law - Mother-i, law convicted - Allegations of torture as well as demand of articles by way of dowry against mother-i, law is clear and specific -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - Demand of Rs.One lakh for repair and reconstruction of house in which complainant (wife) was living along with her husband and other family members - Held, it is merely in the nature of loan and cannot be termed as dowry demand - Conviction set aside...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Dowry death - Cruelty - General allegation of demand of additional dowry against i, laws - No overt act or specific role assigned to father-i, law and mother-i, law - Acquittal of father-i, law and mother-i, law calls for no interference...........
