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High Court of Karnataka Quashes FIR Against Sister-in-Law in Dowry Harassment Case — No Specific Allegations of Demand for Dowry or Abetment of Suicide. Petitioner, a married sister-in-law residing abroad, was implicated solely due to relationship without any overt act constituting offences under Sections 498A, 312, 504, 506 IPC and Sections 3, 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

25 Jun 2026

The petitioner, Mrs. Vidyashree N, who is the sister-in-law of the complainant (respondent No.2), filed a petition under Section 482 CrPC seeking quas...

High Court

High Court of Karnataka Quashes FIR Against Sister-in-Law in Dowry Harassment Case — No Specific Allegations of Cruelty or Demand for Dowry. Petitioner, residing abroad, was implicated solely as relative of husband without any overt act constituting offence under Sections 498A, 312, 504, 506 IPC and Sections 3, 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

25 Jun 2026

The petitioner, Mrs. Vidyashree N, who is the sister-in-law of the complainant (respondent No.2), filed a petition under Section 482 CrPC seeking quas...

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Relatives in Matrimonial Dispute Due to Omnibus Allegations. FIR under Sections 498A, 34 IPC and Sections 3, 4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, and DV Act complaint quashed for lack of specific overt acts against appellants.

25 May 2026

The Supreme Court allowed appeals by Appellants, quashing criminal proceedings arising from matrimonial discord between (complainant) and her husband ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal of Accused in Dowry Death Case Due to Contradictory Dying Declarations and Lack of Corroboration. Benefit of Doubt Given for Murder Charge but Conviction for Cruelty Maintained Under Section 498A IPC.

30 Apr 2026

The case involves three criminal appeals arising from the death of a young married woman within nine months of her marriage due to burn injuries. The ...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Husband's Relatives in Dowry Harassment Case Due to Omnibus Allegations and Separate Residence. Proceedings Under Section 498A IPC and Section 4 Dowry Prohibition Act Were Found to Be Abuse of Process When Relatives Lived in Different City Without Specific Instances of Involvement. (Paras 7-12)

23 Apr 2025

The Supreme Court heard an appeal challenging the High Court's dismissal of a petition under Section 482 CrPC to quash criminal proceedings in CC No. ...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Quashes Summoning Order Against Relatives in Dowry Harassment Case Due to Lack of Specific Allegations and Dissolved Marriage. The Court held that proceedings under Section 498A IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, cannot be sustained against relatives when the marriage was already dissolved by divorce decree and allegations are vague and unsupported.

16 Apr 2025

The dispute arose from a criminal complaint filed by the wife against her husband and his relatives under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 of the Indian P...

Supreme Court

Safeguarding Women's Rights and Ensuring Justice for Victims of Cruelty. Protection against Cruelty: Section 85 and 86 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, considering the pragmatic realities and the need for necessary changes to prevent misuse of legal provisions.

3 May 2024

Appeal arising from a judgment passed by the High Court of Punjab & Haryana on April 5, 2022, in a criminal case involving the appellant accused o...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Dowry Harassment Case Due to Settlement Between Parties — Section 498A IPC and Section 4 Dowry Prohibition Act. Compromise reached between husband and wife leads to quashing of FIR and all proceedings in C.C.No.15166/2020.

16 Jun 2023

The petitioners, who are the husband (accused No.1), mother-in-law (accused No.2), and father-in-law (accused No.3), filed a criminal petition under S...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Quashes FIR Against In-Laws in Dowry Harassment Case Due to Omnibus Allegations. The Court found that allegations under Sections 341, 323, 379, 354, 498A read with Section 34 IPC were general and lacked specificity, warranting quashing under Section 482 CrPC to prevent misuse of Section 498A IPC.

8 Feb 2022

The appeal arose from a judgment of the Patna High Court dismissing a criminal writ petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Reviews Its Own Guidelines on Arrest and Anticipatory Bail Under SC/ST Act. Directions Requiring Preliminary Enquiry and Approval for Arrest Quashed as Legislative Overreach, but Anticipatory Bail Direction Upheld.

1 Oct 2019

The Union of India filed a review petition against the Supreme Court's judgment dated 20.3.2018 in Criminal Appeal No.416 of 2018, which had issued gu...

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