Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 406, 498A -- Dowry articles - Misappropriation - Sisters, brother and wife of brother summoned u/s 319 Cr.P.C. - Vague and general allegations against them - There is a general tendency to rope in all the relations in dowry cases, which in fact, should be discouraged as it is likely to affect the society in general...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 406, 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 6 -- Gold rings and some other articles given to sisters of husband at the time of marriage - Held, these are gift articles - No offence of misappropriation is made out...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Death by burning - Allegation of cruelty, harassment and demand of dowry - Evidence regarding subjecting to cruelty, harassment, demand of dowry and putting her to death by burning not satisfactory - It seemingly a case of accidental fire having taken place in thatched house in which deceased was living -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 306, 498A, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 113B -- Dowry death - Suicide by married woman within one year of marriage - Evidence of close relatives that she was subjected to physical violence and mental harassment soon before death for not bringing full amount of promised dowry - Evidence of prosecution supported by inquest panchanama..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Unnatural death within a short time of marriage - If there are serious allegations of cruelty Court should be more circumspect in applying the provisions of Ss.304-B and 498-A IPC as death within seven years of marriage attracts the presumption of law against the accused...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A -- Suicide by burning - Bride suffering from epilepsy as such she was acutely harassed - Husband sentenced to 10 years RI - Another accused aged 74 years - His sentence reduced to already undergone...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 300, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 3, 32 -- Death by burn injuries - Married woman - Victim succumbed to burn injuries - Two dying declarations contradicting each other - Earlier one recorded by police immediately after deceased was brought to hospital and in presence of doctor on duty to the effect that burn injuries on her body were..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 306, 498A, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 113A, 113B -- Suicide - Merely because it occurred within seven years of marriage it cannot be presumed that it is dowry death - Accused and deceased lived together for over six years and it is preposterous to expect the accused to inflict cruelty on deceased for half thola of gold - Evidence as..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 306 -- Dowry death - For bringing home the charge under Sections 498-A and 306 of IPC, there must be some evidence adduced on record showing that soon before the incident there was some harassment and torture to the deceased at the hands of the accused...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 302, 201, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Murder - Murder of wife by strangulation - Accused hanged her dead body with a saree to a rafter to screen offence committed by him - Case of prosecution that husband and in-laws subjected deceased to cruelty on ground of dowry - Appellant actually caused death of his wife under..........
