Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 307, 498A, 34, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Compromise during pendency of appeal filed against conviction u/ss 498-A, 307/34 IPC and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act - Proceedings can be quashed or even appeal against conviction can be allowed when in matrimonial disputes relating to dowry etc. offender and victim compromise -..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 319, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Summoning of additional accused - Dowry death - Cruelty - Principle of `stare decisis' - Main accused husband of deceased acquitted on merit - No specific over act levelled against petitioners - Even no cinching evidence to presume that proceeding would culminate into conviction -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 304B -- Cruelty - Dowry death - Offence u/s 498-A IPC with reference to Explanation (b) of S.498-A IPC proved against accused - Held, there is no need to further prove for the purpose of S.304-B IPC, that deceased was subjected to cruelty for the purposes of dowry...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 113B -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Presumption - Appeal against acquittal u/s 304-B IPC - In the instant case, deceased was at her parent`s home for two months prior to death, this fact does not wipe out the effect of harassment for dowry suffered by the deceased - Even, sexual act was apparently not..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Deceased suffered brutal homicidal death at matrimonial home within 10 days of being brought back on assurance that accused/husband would not subject her to further torture over demands of dowry - Accused was present with deceased at the time of occurrence and has failed to give any explanation as to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Deceased suffered homicidal death within 3 years of her marriage - She was subjected to persistent torture over demands of gold ornaments and was driven out of matrimonial home over such demands while she was pregnant - Injuries found on the body of deceased, which shows that she was subjected to brutal..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A -- Abetment of suicide - Cruelty - Reduction of sentence - Accused performed marriage with deceased under pressure of his parents and never accepted deceased his wife - Deceased fed up with conduct of accused and committed suicide, merely because her husband/accused was in relationship with another woman - Accused has not..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323 -- Cruelty - No tangible material either of a dowry demand or assault suffered by wife in any case, despite one episode in which an attempt was made to push wife in a canal that too not proved on record - Case of husband is not at all different from other co-accused who already acquitted - Conviction and sentence set aside -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, 302 -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Death due to kidney failure - Chemical Examiner's report that no common poison could be detected - No other injury detected during post mortem examination - Report of Chemical Examiner drawn by a series of analysis is an authentic piece of evidence to be relied upon in the absence of any eye..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 113B -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Deceased committed suicide by hanging herself on a tree after 3 years of her marriage - However, general allegations levelled by witnesses regarding demand of dowry and cruelty, which is not supported by medical evidence - Allegation of demand of dowry and harassment of..........
