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Karnataka High Court Dharwad Bench Adjudicates Criminal Appeal Against Conviction Under Sections 498A, 304B IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. Appeal Raises Questions on Reliability of Dying Declaration and Sufficiency of Evidence Where Prosecution Witnesses Turned Hostile.

The criminal appeal arose from the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Bagalkot in Sessions Case ...

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Supreme Court Cancels Bail of Father-in-Law and Mother-in-Law in Dowry Death Case, Upholds Bail of Sisters-in-Law. High Court's mechanical grant of bail set aside for principal accused in dowry death under Sections 498A, 304B IPC and Sections 3, 4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

The Supreme Court considered four appeals by the complainant (brother of the deceased) against separate High Court orders granting bail to the accused...

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Karnataka High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Husband in Suicide Case — No Prima Facie Case of Dowry Death Established. Court Holds Ingredients of Section 304B IPC Not Satisfied as Allegations Lacked Dowry Harassment, Quashes FIR for Offences Under Sections 304B, 313, 498A IPC.

The petitioner-husband filed a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking to quash Crime No.139/2022 registered by Sa...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Abetment of Suicide and Cruelty Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Instigation or Harassment. Demand for Motorcycle and Household Articles Not Sufficient to Prove Abetment Under Section 306 IPC or Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC.

The appellant, Houslal Lakhanlal Macchrike, was convicted by the trial court for offences under Sections 306 and 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) f...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty and Dowry Demand. State's appeal fails as prosecution could not establish that deceased was subjected to cruelty or harassment for dowry soon before her death under Section 304-B IPC.

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of five accused persons (respondents) by the Additional Sessions Judge, Udgir, in Sessions Cas...

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Supreme Court Cancels Anticipatory Bail in Dowry Death Case, Transfers Investigation to CBI. The Court held that the High Court's grant of bail was perverse and that the circumstances warranted an independent investigation by the CBI under Section 173(8) CrPC.

The case arises from the unnatural death of Dr. Deepti Mangla, who was married to Sumit Agarwal on 3 November 2014. On 7 August 2020, the appellant, D...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty Soon Before Death. Conviction under Sections 304B, 306, 498A IPC set aside as prosecution failed to establish demand of dowry or proximate cruelty.

The appellants, Bandu, Subhandrabai, Raju, and Sangita, were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Aurangabad, in Sessions Case No. 161 of 2009 ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Abetment to Suicide. Conviction under Section 306 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove that the appellant instigated or provoked the deceased to commit suicide.

The appellant, Vithal Mhasuji Gadhe, was convicted by the IVth Additional Sessions Judge, Aurangabad, for offences under Sections 498-A, 306, and 323 ...