Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 304B, 34 -- Dowry death - Father-in-law and mother-in-law - No immediate demand of dowry - Petitioners not implicated with respect to the dowry demand - Petitioners having roots in the society and they owning immovable property - Hardly any apprehension of the petitioners fleeing from..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 201 -- Dowry death - Death within seven years of marriage - Death in suspicious circumstances in the house of appellant - Body cremated without informing parents or brother of deceased - Death could be taken to have occurred otherwise than in normal circumstances...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 201, 498A -- Dowry death - Death in suspicious circumstances - Information of death of deceased not given to parents - Dead body was cremated hurriedly - Appellant took a false plea that deceased died of abdominal disease - False explanation given by appellant provided a missing link and completes the chain of circumstances to hold..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 215, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 211 -- Dowry death - Demand of ornaments or torture for the refusal - No mention in charge - However, the same mentioned in FIR and in evidence of PW's - Held, no prejudice appears to have been caused to the accused on account of the omission of stating about the demand of ornaments..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 304B, 34 -- Anticipatory bail - Dowry death - Married sisters - Being married sisters, petitioners would in all probability not be the beneficiaries of any dowry - 1st Petitioner a school teacher was at school at the time of incident - No evidence that second petitioner was in the house of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/s 498-A & 406 IPC - FIR lodged after six months of incident - Quashing of FIR - Family members of wife making all efforts to arrive at a settlement with husband - If a complaint had been filed during this period there was every possibility of not entering into any settlement..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/ss 498-A & 406 IPC - FIR cannot be quashed on filing of a divorce petition in a Civil Court...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173(2), 482 -- Offence u/s 498-A & 406 IPC - Quashing of FIR - High Court obtaining report from Investigating Officer who reported that no case is made out - FIR quashed on that ground - Order of High Court set aside - Held, High Court is not entitled to consider investigation report before..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Acquittal of accused u/s 304-B IPC - Accused can be convicted u/s 498-A IPC without that charge being there, if such a case is made out...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Cruelty - In S.304-B there is no explanation of cruelty - Meaning of 'cruelty' or 'harassment' is the same as prescribed in the Explanation to Section 498-A under which 'cruelty' by itself amounts to an offence...........
