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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Acquittal in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Harassment and Unnatural Death. Father-Informant Fails to Prove Demand of Dowry and Proximate Cause of Death Under Sections 498-A, 304-B IPC.

The appellant, Bhagwansingh Govindsingh Kathar, the father of the deceased Payal, filed an appeal under Section 372 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,...

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Gujarat High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Dowry Death Case — No Evidence of Abetment to Suicide or Cruelty. Acquittal of husband and mother-in-law upheld as prosecution failed to prove harassment or instigation leading to suicide under Sections 498A, 306, 114 IPC.

The State of Gujarat filed an appeal under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, challenging the judgment and order of acquittal dated ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty Soon Before Death. Presumption under Section 113B of Evidence Act not attracted as prosecution failed to establish demand of dowry or harassment within seven years of marriage.

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the judgment and order of acquittal dated 19th November 1998 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Latur ...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes FIR Against Management Officials in Employee Suicide Case Disciplinary Actions for Unauthorised Absence Did Not Constitute Abetment of Suicide Under Section 306 IPC Due to Lack of Proximate Nexus.

The litigation arose from the suicide of Parashuram N.K., an employee of Harihar Polyfibers, and the subsequent FIR filed by his father against the ma...

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Supreme Court Interprets Scope of 'Child' under POCSO Act in Appeal Concerning Mentally Challenged Victim. Mental Age of Adult with Cerebral Palsy Considered for Applicability of Special Procedures under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

The case concerned a criminal appeal by the prosecutrix, a 38-year-old woman suffering from cerebral palsy (R. Hemiparesis), through her mother. An FI...

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High Court of Bombay Disposes Three Criminal Applications in Matrimonial Dispute Seeking Quashing of FIRs. Accusations Involve IPC, POCSO Act, and Juvenile Justice Act Allegations Between Family Members.

The High Court of Judicature at Bombay dealt with three interconnected proceedings arising from a matrimonial dispute between a husband (Prakash Hotch...

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Supreme Court Upholds Husband's Conviction for Dowry Death and Cruelty in Wife's Suicide Case. Demand for Money for Clinic Extension Held to Be Dowry Demand Under Section 304-B IPC, and Presumption Under Section 113-B Evidence Act Not Rebutted.

The appellant, Jatinder Kumar, was convicted by the Trial Court and the High Court of Punjab & Haryana for offences under Sections 304-B and 498-A of ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits In-laws in Dowry Death Case Due to Inconsistent Dying Declarations. Conviction under Sections 498A and 306 IPC set aside as dying declarations were contradictory and relatives turned hostile.

The appellants, Shamrao and Kausalyabai Kherdekar, were convicted by the trial court under Sections 498A and 306 read with Section 34 of the Indian Pe...