Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 177, 178, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Maltreatment or cruelty - Jurisdiction has to be decided on the basis of place of occurrence of the incident and not on the basis of where complaint was filed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498, 406, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 188, 177, 178 -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 195,340,239, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 177,181,182,195 -- Offence u/s 177, 181, 182 and 195 IPC - FIR lodged by a private person - Plea that it can be lodged only by Court - Provision of S.195 Cr.P.C. is not applicable to offence u/s 195 IPC - Provisions of Ss.195 & 340 Cr.P.C. not applicable to offence u/ss 177 and 182 IPC -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 195(1) -- Offence if covered u/ss 172 to 188 IPC then police has no power to register and investigate the case without prior permission of concerned Magistrate...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, 177, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 504, 506, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- -Territorial jurisdiction - Quashing of charge-sheet - Wife forced to leave matrimonial home and to live with parents at Dehradun - Demand of dowry continued on phone calls by the husband and father-i, law - Held, Court at..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 4, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 177, 178, 179 -- Jurisdiction - Dowry demand - Ill treatment and cruelty - Wife coming to live with parents - Court at the place where parents live has jurisdiction to entertain prosecution u/s 498-A IPC and S.4 of Dowry Prohibition Act...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 177 -- Office u/ss 498-A, 406 IPC - Jurisdiction - Statement of complainant that she and her husband were having dowry items jointly at Delhi - Not a case that dowry articles were entrusted to husband at Kota - Wife was beaten at Delhi and her dowry articles were retained at Delhi and not..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 177, 178, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 500 -- Defamation - Jurisdiction - Interview to media containing defamatory statement given at one place - Its consequences ensue in places of circulation of newspaper - Prosecution can be launched within jurisdiction of Court over any one of the places wherein such circulation is made - Fact..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 323, 120B, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 177, 482 -- Dowry demand - Wife forced to leave matrimonial home and she came to her parental home where she received threatening telephone calls - Court at the place of parental house has jurisdiction - No ground to quash FIR...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 406, 34, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 177 -- Offence u/ss 498-A, 406 read with S.34 IPC - Territorial jurisdiction - Offence of cruelty is not a continuing offence - Offence is triable by Magistrate having territorial jurisdiction of area wherein cruelty is alleged to have been committed and not at the place wherein..........
