Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - No medical evidence on record to prove with certainty that deceased died due to consumption of poison and failure of heart and lungs occasioned due to consumption of poison - It is not the case of prosecution that any demand for dowry or any valuable security or other property was made by accused in connection with..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - No demand for any dowry, valuable security or property is made and that she was not harassed in connection with any such demand - Case u/s 498-A IPC not made out against appellant - Acquittal upheld...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Offence u/Ss.304-B, 498-A IPC - Conviction - Appreciation of evidence - Bald allegation by de-facto complainant about demand of dowry and cruelty - Statement of de-facto complainant about giving jewelry not corroborated by any prosecution witnesses - Even, as per evidence on record, `soon before her death' deceased was at her..........
Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 2 -- Dowry - Giving study cost by father of victim to accused cannot amount to dowry...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - Term `soon before her death' is an elastic expression and may refer to period either immediately before her death or within few days or even few weeks before it...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - There should be perceptible nexus between death of deceased and dowry related harassment or cruelty inflicted on her...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 4 -- Offence u/Ss. 498-A, 34 IPC and 4 DP Act - Complaint filed by transwoman - Transwoman in a heterosexual relationship, cannot be deprived of her right to lodge a complaint against her husband or relatives of her husband for the alleged offences...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 4, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/Ss. 498-A, 34 IPC and 4 DP Act - Quashing of complaint - Admittedly, the marriage between accused 1 and complainant was a love marriage - Further no allegation in complaint shows that either Accused 1 or Accused 2 and 3 subjected..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 4, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/Ss. 498-A, 34 IPC and 4 DP Act - Quashing of complaint - Allegation that accused 2 and 3 were sending accused 1 away from India - However, not a single allegation in complaint showed that accused 2 and 3 subjected complainant to cruelty..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 4, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Offence u/Ss. 498-A, 34 IPC and 4 DP Act - Quashing of complaint - General allegations - Complainant apart from making bald allegation that co-accused were acting at behest of accused 4, failed to provide any material to connect Accused 4 with..........
