Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Allegations of ill-treatment by a man against his own family members do not fall within the scope and ambit of S.498-A IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Allegations against relatives of husband - General and vague allegations were made against petitioners - Wife has given list of incidents of cruelty in FIR - However, instances are also of a nature that do not fulfill the ingredients of S.498-A IPC - In fact, some of ill-treatment as alleged are not even complainant..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Live-in-relationship - Woman's partner without a legal marriage, will not be covered by term `husband' for the purpose of S.498-A IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - Quashing of FIR - Allegations against father-in-law and mother-in-law - Omnibus hurling of abuses against accused - No specific overt act is indicated in the complaint qua accused as the entire narration in the complaint is the squabble between husband and wife..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Allegation by wife against parents-in-law that they forcibly evicted wife and her husband from ancestral house - There is not even a distinct line of allegations against petitioners in the entire FIR alleging any instance of demand of dowry or committing of any cruelty to wife by petitioners in connection with said demand..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 420, 120B -- Cruelty - Allegations against family members of husband - General, vague and omnibus allegations were levelled against accused in the FIR - No specific role is attributed to accused except causal reference of their names mentioned in the complaint given to police which formed the basis for registration of FIR - FIR..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 506, 34 -- Offence u/ss 498-A, 506, 34 IPC - Plea of divorce by agreement - A Notary cannot grant divorce by executing the agreement of separation - As agreement of separation has no sanctity in the eye of law, therefore, it cannot be said that any divorce has taken place between the parties - Even otherwise, if any divorce has taken..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 506, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Quashing of FIR - Cruelty - Dowry demand - Specific allegations against accused of committing cruelty on account of non-fulfillment of demand of dowry - Even, there are specific allegations that husband of complainant and her..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 354, 323, 313, 34 -- Anticipatory bail - Cruelty - Allegations against parents-in-law regarding cruelty and dowry demand not proved, as complainant left the matrimonial home and complaint filed after a gap of almost one year - Documents placed on record reveal that no list qua articles..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Mental cruelty - Compelling a married woman to live in her parental home on account of non-fulfillment of demand of dowry would amount to mental cruelty...........
