Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Section 3, 4 -- Dowry death - Deceased died beyond a period of seven years of her marriage - Offence u/s 304-B IPC not attractive - Benefit is liable to be given to accused - Accused acquitted u/s 304-B IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 306, 498A -- Nature of offence - Body of deceased recovered from river - Death not caused due to drowning as no water or sand particles were discovered in windpipe of deceased - Death caused due to ante mortem injuries sustained by deceased prior to her death - Murder not established beyond reasonable doubt - Place of incident being a..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304A -- Medical negligence - Death of patient - Quashing of proceedings - Petitioner being a qualified doctor after examining and taking note of gravity of illness decided to adopt the invasive line of treatment - Patient was fully investigated before procedure was undertaken - No evidence on record to suggest that petitioner failed to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304A -- Medical negligence - Delay in attending the patient - Merely on account of alleged delay by petitioner in attending patient in absence of material on record that delay is sole reason for death of patient, petitioner cannot be held to be gross negligent requiring prosecution for commission of offence u/s 304-A IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 468 -- Forgery - Quashing of charge - Prosecution contended that petitioner forged the documents of treatment for the purpose of cheating - Date, time of death of patient, issuance of death certificate with such information or authorization on behalf of petitioner is a matter of evidence and can be decided only upon evidence is adduced by..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - Death by burning within 7 years of marriage - There was demand of dowry accompanied with physical and mental cruelty against deceased prior to her death - More so, when PW5 brother of deceased arrived at the matrimonial house of deceased on the day of incident, said house was deserted except her sister's dead body -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - Death by burning - There are ten accused persons involved in the case and one of them died during pendency of proceedings - It has not been proved conclusively or even sufficiently that all of accused were present in the house when deceased died - Except husband and his father who were ordinarily residents in the house..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 11, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleading a party - Death of tenant - Widow of tenant impleaded - Widow filed application for impleadment of his son and two daughters - Application dismissed - Thereafter son and two daughters of deceased tenant seeking impleadment as according to them they have inherited the tenancy rights - Held, after the..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Dowry death - Demand of dowry - No culpable harassment per se established - U, natural death of deceased cannot be the consequence of the demand alone - Conviction set aside - Accused acquitted...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Dowry death - No evidence as to how deceased was harassed to such an extent, that she was driven to take her own life - Accused acquitted...........