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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction for Rape on False Promise of Marriage and Abetment of Miscarriage in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Consent vitiated by misconception of fact under Section 375 IPC; conviction under Sections 376 and 312 IPC restored.

The case involves an appeal by Mukesh Kumar Yadav against the judgment of the High Court at Calcutta (Circuit Bench at Port Blair) dated 23.04.2026, w...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Compensation Under Domestic Violence Act — Mental Torture and Emotional Distress Constitute Injuries Under Section 22 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Acquittal Under Section 498-A IPC Does Not Bar Civil Remedy Under D.V. Act.

The case involves two criminal writ petitions and connected applications arising from proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Husband for Dowry Death and Causing Disappearance of Evidence in Uttarakhand Case. Demand for Motorcycle and Land as Dowry Leads to Strangulation of Wife, Body Cremated Without Informing Parents.

The appellant, Charan Singh, was convicted by the Trial Court for offences under Sections 304B, 498A and 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) for ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Husband's Relatives in Dowry Harassment Case Due to General Allegations. Specific Allegations Against Husband Allowed to Stand for Trial Under Section 498-A IPC.

The petitioners, including the husband (petitioner No.1), his mother, brother, sister-in-law, sisters, and brother-in-law, filed a criminal writ petit...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Abetment of Suicide Case Against In-Laws Due to Lack of Proximate Cause. Allegations of cruelty and dowry demand not directly linked to suicide as deceased was living separately for years before the incident.

The applicants, who are the husband and in-laws of the deceased Aasma, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedur...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Dowry Death Case. Prosecution Failed to Prove Demand of Dowry Soon Before Death Under Section 304-B IPC.

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of four accused (Fatima Mahamad Shaikh, Iqbal Mahamad Shaikh, Rafiq Mahamad Shaikh, and Nilofa...

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Bombay High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail to Accused in SC/ST Atrocity Case — Alleged Caste-Based Insult Not in Public View. Court holds that Section 3(1)(x) of SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 requires insult to be in public view, and private conversation does not attract the provision.

The present appeal was filed by three appellants, namely Gayatri Sanjay Jaitmal, Baburao Rahuba Sonawane, and Padmabai Baburao Sonawane, challenging t...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Abetment of Suicide and Cruelty Case — Dying Declaration Lacks Ingredients of Abetment and Cruelty. Accused's refusal to maintain wife does not constitute abetment of suicide under Section 306 IPC or cruelty under Section 498A IPC.

The appellant, Shalikram s/o Kisan Gaikwad, was convicted by the 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, Washim, for offences under Sections 306 and 498A of th...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty and Dowry Demand. The Court Held That the Presumption Under Section 113-B of the Evidence Act Was Not Attracted as There Was No Evidence of Cruelty Soon Before Death.

The State of Maharashtra filed an appeal against the judgment and order of acquittal dated 31.08.1995 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Parbhan...