Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry Death - Conviction - Sustainability - Contention that allegation of dowry demand made first time after occurrence - Neither any protest nor any Panchayat convened earlier for resolution of dispute - Contention rejected - Held, every parent try to save marriage of their daughter - Conviction upheld...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227 -- Application for discharge dismissed - Revision against - Sufficient material on record to suggest that soon before her death deceased was continuously harassed by accused on account of dowry demand - Trial Court after recording prima facie satisfaction observed that there are sufficient grounds for framing charge u/s 498-A and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 304B -- Dowry death - Necessary ingredients - Held, for application of S.304-B death of woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances - Such death occurs within seven years of her marriage - Soon before her death she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 304B -- Dowry death - Appreciation of evidence - Appellant alleged to have committed murder of his wife - Convicted u/ss 498-A, 304-B IPC - Challenge thereto - As per post mortem report deceased died due to strangulation - Recovery of one pair of scissors from appellant's almirah and a piece of chunni from drain of ground floor of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 306, 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 4 -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227 -- Discharge of accused - Petitioners alleged to have committed offences u/ss 498A, 341, 323 IPC and S.4 of Dowry Prohibition Act - Prima facie allegation against husband and mother-in-law - Allegations against petitioners who are married and unmarried Nanads of informant and younger brother of husband of informant without..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Dowry death - Suicide by wife within one year of marriage - Application of S.498-A - Held, consequences of cruelty which are likely to drive a woman to commit suicide or to cause grave injury or danger to life, limb or health, whether mental or physical of woman are required to be established in order to bring home..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Reduction in sentence - Appellant was a young person at the time of alleged commission of offence - Incident is more than 18 years old - Appellant has suffered protracted trial - Appellant has already undergone about five years actual imprisonment - At relevant time appellant was an employee of railways but lost..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 304B, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Deceased died within seven months of her marriage - Prosecution story that she was set ablaze after pouring kerosene oil as dowry demand not met - PW1 not a reliable witness as his statement irreconcilable on all major facts - Deposition of parents of deceased also not reliable as it..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 304B, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Death within a period of one year and ten months of marriage - Two dying declarations recorded one by Investigating Officer and the other recorded before the Tehsildar - Merely for the reason that there were two dying declarations, prosecution case cannot be doubted - Statement given..........
