Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 406, 498A -- Anticipatory bail - Offence u/ss 406, 498-A IPC - Accused has joined investigation and is not required for custodial interrogation - It is neither the stand of State counsel nor that of complainant that accused has misused concession of interim bail by threatening/intimidating the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Complaint u/s 498-A IPC at the instance of second wife is not maintainable...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 506, 34 -- Cruelty - Subsequent to the filing of complaint wife took divorce from accused/husband and got remarried, will not come in the way of establishing allegation against husband with regard to an offence which was committed before her divorce...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 506, 34 -- Cruelty - Allegation against accused that they harassed and ill treated wife for not fulfilling dowry demand - Evidence on record proved that at the time of marriage accused demanded and received sum of Rs.1,10,000 in cash and also several household articles - Testimony of wife is corroborated by testimony of PWs 1 to 4 -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 498A -- Abetment of suicide - Cruelty - Allegations that maltreatment of deceased had started just about one month after the marriage - Matrimonial relationship between accused and deceased survived for a period of about ten months - No complaint whatsoever was made either by deceased or her parents to any authority for such a long..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 323, 506, 504, 406, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Dowry demand - Allegation against sisters-in-law (Nanads) of wife - Omnibus and general allegations leveled against accused - Accused/sisters-in-law were already married prior to marriage of wife/complainant and her husband - They were living at far away place..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Anticipatory bail - Grant of anticipatory bail on the condition that husband shall take wife to his house and maintain her with full dignity and honour as his lawful wife - Such condition should not have been imposed by High Court while granting anticipatory bail nor such could be a ground..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A, 506, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Cruelty - Vague and general allegations - Absence of specific details that constitute cruelty against appellants - Appellants not residing at marital home and appellant No.1 was not even living in India - Proceedings against appellants quashed - If any material comes on record during..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - One instance unless portentous, in the absence of any material evidence of interference and involvement in marital life of complainant, may not be sufficient to implicate person as having committed cruelty u/s 498-A IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Cruelty - Reduction of sentence - Incident is of the year 2002 - Accused has differently abled son - Life imprisonment awarded to accused reduced to period already undergone by him which is 10 years and nine months approximately - However, accused will pay a fine of Rs.10,000 and in default whereof he will..........
