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Bombay High Court Abates Appeal of Deceased Accused and Examines Convictions Under Sections 498A and 306 IPC. Issues include delayed FIR and general allegations in dowry harassment case.

The High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench, heard two connected criminal appeals arising from the judgment and order of conviction dated 3 J...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Proceedings Against Parents-in-Law in Dowry Harassment Case Due to Lack of Specific Allegations. The court held that vague and omnibus allegations against family members without specific instances of cruelty or harassment are liable to be quashed under Section 482 CrPC.

The petitioners, who are the parents-in-law of the complainant (respondent No.2), filed a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure...

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Bombay High Court Allows Revision, Discharges Mother-in-Law in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Specific Allegations and Absence of Proximate Cause. Suicide Note Did Not Mention Accused No.2; Demand for Rs.40,000 Was for Household Expenses, Not Dowry, and No Evidence of Cruelty or Abetment.

The case involves a criminal revision application filed by Ratnamala Naik (accused no.2, mother-in-law) challenging the order dated 02.03.2022 passed ...

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Gujarat High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence. Prosecution Failed to Prove Homicide or Dowry Demand Beyond Reasonable Doubt; Medical Evidence Supported Snake Bite Theory.

The State of Gujarat appealed against the acquittal of four accused persons (Govindbhai Mavjibhai Chovatiya and others) by the Additional Sessions Jud...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Husband's Second Appeals in Matrimonial Dispute, Upholds Wife's Right to Maintenance and Conjugal Rights. Acquittal in criminal case does not automatically disentitle wife to civil reliefs under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956.

The appellant husband and respondent wife married on 16 June 2002. Shortly after marriage, the wife alleged she was forced to leave the matrimonial ho...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Accused in Abetment of Suicide and Cruelty Case. Evidence of Persistent Cruelty and Dowry Demand Sufficient to Sustain Conviction Under Sections 306, 498A IPC.

The case involves a criminal revision application filed by five applicants (Balu Shivram Adsul, Shivram Appaji Adsul, Sindhubai Shivram Adsul, Daulat ...

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Supreme Court Quashes Proceedings Against In-Laws in Matrimonial Dispute Due to Lack of Specific Allegations. Vague and Omnibus Allegations Against Family Members Without Active Involvement Do Not Attract Offences Under Sections 498A and 494 IPC.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by the accused-appellants, who were the father-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law of the complainant,...

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Bombay High Court Considers Death Sentence Confirmation in Wife-Murder and Dowry Harassment Case. Conviction Under Sections 302, 498A, 506/34 IPC Challenged by Accused Husband and In-Laws; Allegations of Dowry Demand and Murder by Throat-Slitting.

These matters arose from the judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, Dhule in Sessions Case No. 182 of 2014, where accused No. 1, Nitin Balkisan Ga...