Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 113B -- Cruelty - Suicide - Death due to poisoning within 3 years of marriage - No evidence on record which demonstrate that accused made any demand of dowry from deceased - Except making bald statements, no evidence adduced by PWs to prove any particular act of cruelty or harassment to which deceased was..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 113A -- Abetment of suicide - Cruelty - Presumption - Deceased committed suicide by consuming poisonous substance within 7 years of her marriage due to harassment allegedly made by accused - However, there is no evidence on record that accused used to demand dowry from deceased and tortured her..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 306, 302, 34 -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Deceased died within 7 years of her marriage as a result of drowning - No marks of injury on the body of deceased were shown in inquest panchnama and post mortem report - Theory that deceased was done to death earlier and thereafter her body was thrown into well, rightly not accepted by..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 32 -- Dying declaration - Abetment of suicide - Cruelty - Death by burning - Deceased committed suicide by pouring kerosene oil upon her on the asking of accused after 11 years of her marriage - Dying declaration given by deceased nowhere indicates any demand of dowry and it only states that a quarrel..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A -- Abetment of suicide - Cruelty - Deceased committed suicide by hanging within 9 months of her marriage - Evidence on record shows that mental cruelty and harassment meted out to deceased by accused for abetting suicide - Relationship between deceased and accused were strained - Accused held, guilty of offence u/ss 498-A, 306 IPC..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Deceased died due to poisoning within one year of her marriage - She stayed eight to ten days in her i, laws house after her marriage - Neither any report nor any complaint was ever made prior to occurrence nor any panchayat meeting was ever convened in this regard - No evidence on record that deceased..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Factum of unnatural death in matrimonial home and that too within seven years of marriage, is ipso facto not sufficient to bring home the charge u/ss 304-B, 498-A IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/ss 498-A, 406 IPC - Compromise - In the instant case, trial Court convicted accused u/ss.498-A, 406 IPC - However, accused acquitted for offence u/s 498-A IPC and held guilty u/s 406 IPC by appellate Court - During pendency of this petition, matter compromised between..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 306 -- Cruelty - Abetment of suicide - Deceased committed suicide by pouring kerosene oil upon her and putting on fire after 12-13 years of her marriage - Parents of deceased stated that accused used to administer beatings to their daughter after consuming liquor - Medical evidence duly corroborates ocular evidence - Delay in lodging..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 34 -- Anticipatory bail - Offence u/ss 498-A, 406, 34 IPC - Petitioner and complainant married for 21 years and having two grown up children - Petitioner has already joined investigation - Allegation as to dowry demand and retention of Istridhan, prima facie not made out, in as much as..........
