Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439(2), Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 323, 506, 313, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cancellation of anticipatory bail - Dowry death - Cruelty - FIR contains recital of allegation bearing on role of accused in demanding dowry, of prior incident of assault, payment of moneys by cheque to in-laws of deceased..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 302, 498A, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 4 -- Bail - Dowry death - Dying declaration of deceased recorded by Medical Officer indicates that no one was present with deceased when incident occurred and that Kerosene jerrycane fell over gas and caught fire - This has been further..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323 -- Anticipatory bail - Cruelty - Refusal on part of husband to take wife back to matrimonial home, indicates that husband did demand dowry and because the same was not met she was turned out of matrimonial home - Bail rejected...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 504, 34, Information Technology Act, 2000, Section 66(E), 67 -- Anticipatory bail - Cruelty - Posting and uploading nude photographs of wife by husband in public domain, attracts offence u/s 498-A IPC, as it is striping off a woman in public by husband himself - Anticipatory bail denied to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 504, 506, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Quashing of summoning order - Cruelty - Dowry demand - Demand of dowry coupled with cruelty is very well there against in-laws - Complaint was earlier made and an attempt for family settlement was there, but it could not be..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 306, 294, 506, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439 -- Bail - Cruelty - PWs stated that since last three years, accused had been constantly beating and threatening deceased - This caused a lot of distress to her - Deceased committed suicide as she found this torture intolerable - Bail denied to petitioner...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Summoning of additional accused - Dowry death - Evidence produced during trial appears to be sufficient to justify summoning of petitioners - No interference warranted in impugned order of summoning of petitioners - Application rightly allowed...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 389(1), Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 304B -- Suspension of sentence during pendency of appeal against conviction - Dowry death - Cruelty - Accused is confined in jail since 2016 and father of accused is diagnosed with pancolitis - Sentence of accused suspended during pendency of appeal...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 389, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Suspension of sentence during pendency of appeal against conviction - Dowry death - Deceased died within 7-8 months of her marriage - There is oral evidence of parents of deceased regarding cruelty and torture immediately preceding death -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 506, 354, 34 -- Quashing of proceedings - Offence u/ss 498-A, 323, 506, 354, 34 IPC - Allegations of cruelty against wife as well as criminal intimidation apart from assault on women to outrage her modesty and voluntarily causing hurt - Offences are serious in nature - Prima facie case..........
