Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A 304B, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 401, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 2 -- Cruelty and dowry death - Allegations that accused-respondent demanded dowry from petitioner and made petitioner devoid of her stridhan and thus mental tortured her - No sufficient material on record to substantiate claim of petitioner that..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- A girl friend or concubine - Not a relative of husband as defined in S.498-A IPC - Cannot be prosecuted u/s 498-A IPC - Proceedings against petitioner quashed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Should be close proximity of time of death and it should be continuous and such continuous harassment, physical or mental, by the accused should make life of deceased miserable which may force her to commit suicide...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Deceased died due to burn injuries - Accused persons were saying that deceased was ugly and belongs to poor family - Held, such type of comments upon a girl by her in-laws as well as her Nanands amounts to cruelty...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 32, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 300 -- Bride burning - Two dying declarations - Material contradictions - Held, where there were material contradictions in two dying declarations made in a bride burning case, declarations can be said to be not reliable...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Deceased committed suicide at her matrimonial house - Allegation that accused husband and in-laws subjected deceased to mental torture - There was element of dowry involved in marriage - Demand of dowry in form of cash or kind was very much present either at the time of marriage or after marriage - Held, victim was..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A -- Cruelty and abetment to commit suicide - Wife filed complaint u/ss 306 and 498-A IPC against husband on the allegation of harassment on account of dowry demand - Matter compromised through village Panchayat - After about 8 years husband demanded Rs.10, 000/- for construction of house and Rs.25, 000/- for purpose of three..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A -- Dowry death - A demand made by the accused from his father-in-law for constructing a house and also for purchasing a three wheeler cannot be construed as a demand of dowry in relation to the marriage that was performed about eight years prior to the occurrence...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 181(4), 179, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406 -- Jurisdiction - Return of Stridhan at the place of present residence - Court at the place of present residence has jurisdiction where consequence of alleged torture ensued though the Stridhan property was retained at another place...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406 -- Compounding of offence - Wife got an FIR lodged u/ss 498-A and 406 IPC - Parties sorted their differences under settlement which was the result of free will and volition without there being undue influence or coercion - Held, no useful purpose will be served by proceeding further with the FIR and the proceedings arising..........
