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..........
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..........