Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib) -- Divorce - Cruelty and desertion - Petition filed by husband - Marriage solemnized in 2000 - Parties lived together for few days - Misunderstanding took place and wife lodged complaint for dowry harassment and living separately - Wife alleged that till 2016 she lived with appellant, but nothing produced to establish..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry Death - Cruelty - Framing of charges - Marriage of deceased with accused took place two years before the incident - Death of deceased thus, occurred within 7 years of marriage - Relatives of deceased stated that deceased had been subjected to harassment by her i, laws, therefore, Court may presume that such person had..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 32 -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Dying declaration - Death by burning - Deceased stated in her dying declaration that she was subjected to cruelty, harassment and dowry demands at the hands of her i, laws and husband - Dying declaration of deceased was true, voluntary and has total clarity in its..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 113B -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Dying declaration - Presumption - Deceased committed suicide by setting herself on fire - She was married for 13 days only - All PWs corroborated the fact that deceased was subjected to cruelty, harassment and dowry demands at the hands of her i, laws and husband -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Reduction of sentence - Keeping in view the age of mother-in-law of deceased, her sentence is reduced to R.I of 7 years - However, sentence of A-1 shall remain unchanged...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Bail - Cruelty - Dowry demand - Petitioner returned 22 dowry articles - Grandfather and sister of petitioner discharged by Trial Court and mother of petitioner also acquitted after trial - Without commenting on merits of case and keeping..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 294(b), 323, 506(i) -- Offence u/ss 498-A, 406, 294(b), 323, 506(i) IPC - Quashing of FIR - There is no whisper about demand of any dowry or valuable security in complaint - Petitioner and complainant were living together only for about 4 months - Most of allegations in complaint pertains to certain averments that took place..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Factum of unnatural death in matrimonial house that too within 7 years of marriage is not ipso facto sufficient to bring home charge u/ss 304-B, 498-A IPC - Benefit of deficiency in proof logically would be available to persons charged...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Vague and general allegations bereft of any particulars mentioned in FIR - No evidence on record that cruelty or harassment or dowry demand meted out to deceased - Father of deceased failed to prove existence of proximate and live link between effect of cruelty based on dowry demand and death concerned..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Mental and physical cruelty - Petition by wife - Allegations of demand of dowry, beating, commission of unnatural sex, creating such circumstances that wife was compelled to leave matrimonial home - Compelling circumstances pleaded by wife also proved by her by producing her affidavit - Merely because husband filed a..........
