Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 504, 506, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - Allegations against A-5 to A-7 - Allegations made against accused persons are not only omnibus but also without any specific allegation of overt act imputed against them - Complainant states that when she was being threatened by her mother-in-law, A-5..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 504, 506, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - Allegations against A-3, A-4 and A-8 - Prima facie case made-out against mother-in-law, father-in-law and husband of complainant - Correctness or otherwise of the same is a matter which requires to be investigated - High Court erred in entering into..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 504, 506, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - Jurisdiction of Court - Complainant having been driven out of her matrimonial home had been residing at her father's residence/paternal home i.e. Jamshedpur - Marriage also taken place at Jamshedpur - Court at Jamshedpur thus, has jurisdiction...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 406, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/ss 498-A, 323, 406 IPC - Compromise - Quashing of proceedings : (a) Where wife has reaped the benefits of compromise and nothing more is required to be done by husband then such FIR deserves to be quashed; (b) If wife raises plea of fraud/coercion/duress etc. then same..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376, 377, 498A, 323, 506, 34, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Compromise - Quashing of proceedings - Offence u/ss 376, 377, 498-A, 323 IPC - Offences alleged are primarily of private nature - Complainant is reported to have entered into compromise on his own volition - Proceedings quashed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cruelty - Compromise - Quashing of FIR - Wife failed to appear and record statement qua genuineness of compromise after taking divorce and receiving permanent alimony on the basis of said compromise - Quashing of FIR can be directed in such case, even in absence of consent of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 304B -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Deceased died within seven years of marriage - Evidence of PWs do not support prosecution case that deceased was subjected to any cruelty by accused or that deceased was harassed by accused for color TV - Circumstances of case are not sufficient to connect accused with alleged offence - Prosecution..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 34 -- Quashing of proceedings - Offence u/ss 498-A, 406, 34 - Complaint filed against husband after taking divorce by wife - Proceedings initiated by wife under Domestic violence Act also which culminated in dismissal of proceedings on merits - Proceedings quashed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Proceedings u/s 498-A IPC by second wife (who is not legally wedded wife) is not maintainable...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Compelling a married woman to leave her matrimonial house and to live in her parental home on account of less dowry would certainly traumatize the woman amounting to mental cruelty...........
