Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A, 114, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 113A -- Abetment of suicide - Cruelty - Presumption - Delay in lodging FIR itself creates a doubt though, at the time of noting accidental death parents were present before police - No such complaint of cruelty or dowry or harassment has been made - Parents had undefined occasion to give complaint..........
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 498A -- Cruelty - Mere demand of dowry is not an offence u/s 498-A IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Simpliciter allegation of intimidation cannot be said to constitute as harassment, especially when it is case of complainant that petitioners had tried to justify the same as an investment...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Manipulation and coercion for dowry by hanging sword of breaking nuptial ties on victim cannot constitute as harassment...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 34, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cruelty - Quashing of proceedings - Allegation against distant relatives of husband - No allegations of harassment made against petitioners - Parties never shared a residence and her parents approached petitioners for resolution of issues - It does not appear that petitioners were..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304B, 498A, 506, 114, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Dowry death - Cruelty - A-1 was not present at the scene of offence when incident occurred - DWs who are colleagues of A-1 supported him and categorically stated that A-1 was with them at his office on the date of incident - Demand of dowry was made by in-laws and not..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 34 -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Statement of PWs - Mother of deceased/PW6 while deposing demand of dowry has not deposed to any particular act of cruelty or harassment by appellant - Essential ingredients of S.304-B IPC not made out from evidence of PW6 - Statements of bother of deceased/PW7 not contain any specific instance of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A, 34, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 67, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 154 -- Acquittal - FIR has to be corroborated and proved for there to be any value of the same in the case - In case the death of the informant has no nexus with the complaint lodged i.e. he died a natural death and did not succumb to the injuries..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173(8), Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 506 -- Further investigation - Offence u/ss 498-A, 323, 506 IPC - Application for further investigation filed by complainant after her chief examination was completed - There was no justification whatsoever for High Court to have directed further investigation into the case at such a..........
