Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Dowry demand - Conviction based upon hearsay evidence of PW1/ informant and on the basis of photostat copies of alleged letters, completely ignoring the law that photocopy in the absence of original is not admissible - Moreover, statements regarding supplying of original letter to I.O. made by PWs were only bald statements and..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 34, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 227 -- Cruelty - Discharge - Bald allegations made by complainant against accused without mentioning any specific incident - No incriminating material found by prosecution or produced by complainant to substantiate the ingredient of cruelty u/s 498A IPC - Complainant failed to produce medical..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Prosecution failed to make out a case of continuous demand of dowry and torture for non-fulfillment of same - Charge u/s 498-A IPC not proved - Conviction and sentence set aside...........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 483, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 306, 35 -- Bail - Dowry death - Deceased died under unnatural circumstances within approximately five years of her marriage - Allegations of dowry harassment are specifically tied to claim that applicant pressurized deceased to arrange funds for the payment of car..........
Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Dowry - Direct or indirect manner of demand of dowry made by husband or his family members - However to sustain conviction allegations cannot be ambiguous or made in thin air...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Allegations of harassment and dowry demand must be specific with details of date, time, place and manner - Vague, omnibus and bald allegations without corroboration are insufficient to attract S.498A IPC - Accused acquitted...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Dowry - Complainant alleged suffering miscarriage due to her family pushed her out of house - No medical documents from any medical institution or hospital or nursery produced to substantive allegations - Accused acquitted...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Dowry - Apart from statements of complainant and her father, there is no evidence to substantiate allegations of harassment and acts of cruelty - Were allegations of harassment, physical assault and miscarriage are made and there were no medical examination conduced by..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 325, 506, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - No specific allegation of any physical violence except for vague statements made by wife about she having been beaten up, in which she sustained a fracture and having been subjected to physical and mental torture..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 228, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 417, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 4 -- Framing of charges - Cheating - False promise to marry - No recital in FIR or charge sheet that Rs.5 lacs is demanded at time of construction of house - Even, statement of victim's mother nowhere shows that Rs.5 lacs is paid by her - Moreover, as per..........
