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Vinod Sasane appealed his conviction for offences under Sections 498-A, 304-B, 306 and 323 IPC relating to the death of his wife Radhabai, who allegedly immolated herself after alleged dowry‑related cruelty. The trial court relied mainly on the testimony of the deceased's brother and a neighbour, …
The father of the deceased Kavita filed a criminal revision under Sections 397 and 401 CrPC challenging the acquittal of five accused for offences under Sections 498-A, 304-B IPC and the Dowry Prohibition Act. The trial court had held that the death was suicidal and that the prosecution failed to …
The State of Maharashtra appealed the acquittal of four respondents charged under Sections 498‑A and 304‑B IPC for the death of Rupali, who died from burns within seven years of her marriage. The prosecution alleged that the respondents repeatedly harassed her for the unpaid dowry of Rs 20,000 and …
The applicants filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the CrPC seeking quashment of FIR No. 028/2022 and the proceedings before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Aurangabad, which alleged offences under Sections 498‑A, 323, 504, 506, 34 IPC, Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition …
The petitioners, Babasaheb Nagnath Salgar and others, sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a case involving alleged dowry-related harassment leading to the suicide of their daughter-in-law, Shweta. The FIR, lodged four days after the death, alleged offences under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, …
The applicant, Madan Ramekbal Giri, sought bail in a case where he was alleged to have instigated the assault and murder of his sister‑in‑law by directing her to inflict specific injuries via a telephone conversation. The FIR charges him under IPC sections 302, 304B, 498A, 201, 109 and 34, as well …
Mahendra and three others filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition challenging an FIR dated 18‑09‑2026 registered under sections 85, 115(2), 352, 351(3) of the B.N.S. and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. They sought a certiorari to quash the FIR and a mandamus directing the police …
Petitioners Rahil alias Arshan and five others filed a writ petition seeking quash of an FIR dated 02‑09‑2025 and a mandamus to prevent their arrest, alleging that the dispute underlying the FIR had been amicably settled through a mediation agreement dated 07‑04‑2026, which involved payment of Rs.15 …
The applicant, Vinay Yadav, filed an application under Section 529 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) seeking a direction to the Additional Sessions Judge, Prayagraj, to decide a pending application dated 12 June 2025 filed under Section 319 Cr.P.C./358 BNSS in the criminal case State …
Muttur Prajapati, the father‑in‑law of a woman who died under unnatural circumstances, applied for bail in a murder‑related case (Crime No. 187 of 2026) invoking Sections 85, 80(2), 238, 3(5) of the CrPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The prosecution alleged that the deceased's husband …
The applicants filed an application under Section 528 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking to quash the charge‑sheet dated 22‑03‑2025, the cognizance and summoning order dated 22‑07‑2025, and the entire proceedings of Case No. 227 of 2025 arising from Crime No. 207 of 2024, which involved …
The applicants filed an application under Section 528 of the B.N.S.S. seeking to quash the charge sheet and related proceedings in a criminal case involving Sections 498A, 323, 504 IPC and the Dowry Prohibition Act, on the ground that they had reached a settlement with the second opposite party. The …
The applicants filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS seeking to quash an order dated 21‑06‑2022 that had summoned them under IPC sections 498A, 323, 504 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. They claimed they were falsely implicated and that the underlying personal …
The applicants, comprising a husband (Rohit) and his relatives, filed a criminal miscellaneous application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the charge sheet and stay proceedings in a dowry harassment case filed under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506, 406 IPC and Sections 3/4 D.P. Act. They …
The petitioner, Yogendra Prasad, filed a writ petition seeking mandamus directing the police to conduct a fair investigation and arrest the accused under Sections 498-A, 304-B, 315 IPC and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, after a magistrate had ordered further investigation. The police had …
The applicants, Anurag Sharma and another, filed an application under Section 528 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash the charge sheet dated 22‑12‑2021 and the related warrant trial (No. 1670 of 2022) arising from offences under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Sections 3/4 of the …
The applicant, Abhishekh Salil Ahir, was charged under Sections 108, 80(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 for allegedly subjecting his wife to cruelty and demanding unpaid dowry, which the prosecution claims led to her suicide. …
The applicant, Nirmala Devi, mother‑in‑law of the deceased, filed an application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) seeking to quash the charge‑sheet, cognizance order and the criminal proceedings arising from a dowry‑related FIR. The deceased, married to the …
The applicant, Yogesh Kanubhai Darji, sought anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, after an FIR was lodged by his wife alleging dowry demand and cruelty dating back to 2010. The FIR was filed six years after the alleged incidents, while a divorce …
The applicants filed a Section 482 Cr.P.C. application seeking to quash a criminal case (Case No. 03 of 2019) involving allegations under IPC sections 498‑A, 323, 504, 506 and the Dowry Prohibition Act. They claimed they were falsely implicated and that the dispute had been amicably settled, …
The complainant, Smt. Reena, married Sunil Kumar (alias Bablu) on 28‑04‑2005. A matrimonial dispute led her to file a complaint under Section 498‑A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. During trial before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jalaun, the parties reached a compromise, …
The applicant filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash an order dated 10‑11‑2021 passed by the Judicial Magistrate, Jalaun, in a case involving offences under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The High …
The petitioners challenged the FIR dated 07-08-2026 filed under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, seeking its quash. The High Court examined the FIR and held that it disclosed prima facie cognizable offences, making the petition untenable. …
The petitioners challenged the FIR dated 18.08.2026 registered under Section 85 of the B.N.S. and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, arguing that the FIR did not disclose any cause of action and merely reflected a grievance about a pending application. The court examined the FIR and …
The applicant, wife of the accused, filed an application under Section 529 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking a direction to the trial court to decide the pending dowry‑prohibition case (State v. Diamond Kumar) expeditiously, alleging that the accused were not appearing despite issuance of …
The applicants filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS seeking to quash a chargesheet and the criminal case (Criminal Case No. 1977 of 2024) involving offences under Sections 498‑A, 323, 506 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. They claimed they were falsely …
The applicants filed a petition under Section 482 of the CrPC seeking to quash the cognizance order and charge‑sheet in a criminal case (Criminal Case No.2477/2024) involving offences under Sections 498‑A, 323, 504 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The matter was referred to the …
The petitioners filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition seeking quash of an FIR dated 04‑12‑2025 under IPC sections 85, 115(2) BNS and Dowry Prohibition Act sections 3 and 4, and a mandamus restraining their arrest. Both parties submitted that the dispute had been amicably settled through a …
Petitioners Chetan Agarwal and two others filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition seeking quash of an FIR dated 04.12.2025 under IPC sections 85 and 115(2) BNS and Dowry Prohibition Act sections 3 and 4, and a mandamus restraining their arrest. The parties had earlier settled the dispute …
The applicants Aman Azim and others filed an application under Section 528 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash the charge sheet and cognizance order in a criminal case filed under sections 85, 115(2) of the B.N.S Act, the Dowry Prohibition Act and the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights …
The applicants filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash the summons and the entire criminal proceeding (Case No. 28190 of 2017) involving offences under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The State, …
The applicants filed a petition under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash the order of the Additional Sessions Judge that had affirmed a magistrate's summons against them under Sections 498‑A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Both parties …
The petitioners filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition seeking a certiorari to quash an FIR dated 12.03.2025 under sections 498-A, 313, 323, 504, 506 of the IPC and sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, and a mandamus directing the police not to arrest them. No counsel appeared for the …
Petitioners Deepak Kumar Jha and others filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition seeking the quash of FIR No. 0083/2025 dated 29.03.2025 under IPC sections 498A, 504 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The State, represented by the learned A.G.A., informed the Court that a …
The applicants, Mohd Asad and two others, filed an application under Section 528 of the B.N.S.S. seeking to quash the charge sheet and criminal proceedings (Criminal Case No.857 of 2025) arising from alleged offences under sections 85, 75, 76, 115(2), 352 and 305 of the B.N.S. and sections 3 and 4 …
The applicants filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS seeking to quash the charge sheet and summons in Criminal Case No.10295 of 2026, arising from offences under sections 115(2), 352, 351(3), 85 of the BNSS and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The applicants and the second …
The applicants, Sameer Ahmad and five others, filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS seeking to quash Criminal Case No.30327/2026, which involved charges under various sections of the BNSS, the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019. …
Mudassir filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS seeking to quash a charge‑sheet dated 12‑12‑2023 and the ensuing criminal proceedings (Criminal Case No.378/9 of 2024) involving offences under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506, 313 of the IPC, the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and the Muslim …
The appellant Shashi Pratap Singh challenged the acquittal of Arun Singh and his mother-in-law Usha Singh for alleged dowry harassment, dowry death and related offences arising from the death of his sister Asmita Singh, who was found hanged within a year of marriage. The prosecution alleged that the …
The husband, Mohd Waris, and nine others were charged under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506, 354, 354-A of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act following a matrimonial dispute. The wife filed an FIR, but the parties later reached a compromise through a mediation centre, agreeing to …
The applicants Mismetmmar, Kazim Husain and Kaniz Begum filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash the criminal proceedings (Complaint Case No. 1855 of 2019) filed under Sections 323, 504, 506, 498‑A of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition …
Surekha Salil Ahir was arrested in a dowry death case under Sections 108, 80(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The prosecution alleged that she, as the mother‑in‑law, harassed the deceased and demanded unpaid dowry, leading to …
The applicants filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS seeking to quash the charge‑sheet dated 13‑11‑2019 and the cognizance order dated 01‑03‑2021 in Criminal Case No. 1585 of 2021 (Crime No. 487 of 2019) which involved offences under Sections 498‑A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Sections 3/4 of …
The applicants Nitin Kumar and three others were charged under several sections of the B.N.S. and the Dowry Prohibition Act in a case pending before the Bijnor court. They filed an anticipatory bail application under CrPC s.482, which the Assistant Government Advocate contested on the ground that …
The applicant, Avadh Bihari, father‑in‑law of a woman who died by suicide, was charged under Sections 80(2) and 85 of the Evidence Act and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. He contended that he was falsely implicated, that there was no material showing cruelty or dowry demand before the …
The applicants, including Mohit Bhanu Prakash Gupta, filed a transit anticipatory bail application in the Bombay High Court seeking protection from arrest in connection with a dowry case registered in Uttar Pradesh under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya …
The appellants were convicted under Sections 304B/34 and 498A IPC for the alleged dowry‑related death of Kajal Devi, who was said to have been assaulted by her in‑laws after demanding Rs 50,000. The prosecution’s case relied mainly on the testimonies of the deceased’s brother and mother, with no …
The High Court examined an appeal against the conviction of Kamdeo Verma and Suresh Mahto for offences under Sections 304B and 201 of the Indian Penal Code, stemming from the alleged dowry‑related death of Sushila Devi. The prosecution’s case relied chiefly on the testimony of the deceased’s brother …
The petitioners, who are in‑laws of the complainant, filed a criminal miscellaneous application under Section 482 CrPC seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them for offences under Sections 498A, 323, 341 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The FIR alleged dowry …
The petitioner, Satrodhan Kumar, sought anticipatory bail in connection with a criminal complaint (Case No. 467 of 2023) alleging offences under sections 498A, 406, 379 of the IPC and the Dowry Act. The matter had been referred to a mediation centre, where the parties reached a settlement involving …
The petitioner, Noorshat, sought bail in a criminal case (PS Jankinagar Case No. 283 of 2024) where he faced charges under several sections of the B.N.S. and the Dowry Prohibition Act. He argued that the marital dispute with his wife, Ishrat Parween, had been amicably settled through mediation, and …
The petitioners, who are relatives of the husband in a matrimonial dispute, filed applications under Section 482 of the CrPC seeking to quash the order of an Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate that had taken cognizance of offences under Section 498A IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. …
The complainant, a wife, filed a criminal complaint under Section 498A IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act alleging dowry demands and cruelty by her husband and his relatives. The petitioners, who are the husband’s mother‑in‑law, brothers‑in‑law, sister‑in‑law and other extended family …
The petitioner, Rishi Raj, was accused in a complaint under Sections 85, 109, 126(2) of the Bihar Negotiable (B.N.S.) and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act for alleged torture and dowry harassment of his wife, the second opposite party. He denied the allegations and offered to pay Rs. …
The petitioners, a sister‑in‑law (nanad) and her husband (nandoi), applied under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to quash a cognizance order dated 14‑09‑2020 that had taken them into trial under IPC sections 341, 323, 379, 498A (with Section 34) and Dowry Prohibition Act …
Shakuntala Devi and Pramod Singh, the father‑in‑law and mother‑in‑law of a deceased woman, filed a bail application fearing arrest in a case alleging murder and dowry offences. The prosecution alleged they killed the deceased, charging them under Sections 80(2), 103(1), 3(5) of the Bihar Narcotic …
The petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita sought to quash a cognizance order for offences including IPC 498‑A, alleging that the informant, Mabina Singh, was married to the petitioner Kundan Kumar on 19 July 2019 and faced cruelty and dowry harassment. The petitioner …
Shiv Kumar Prasad was arrested in connection with a case registered under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The petitioner had been in custody since 30 January 2025 and earlier bail was denied, with a direction that the prayer could be …
The petitioners, who are in‑laws of the complainant, filed a criminal miscellaneous application seeking quashal of the trial court's order taking cognizance of offences under Section 498A IPC read with Section 34 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The complainant alleged that after …
The complainant, Reena Kumari, alleged dowry demands, cruelty, and assault by her husband Santosh Kumar and his relatives, leading the magistrate to take cognizance under IPC sections 498A and 323 and Dowry Prohibition Act sections 3 and 4. The petitioners, who are the husband’s brothers‑in‑law, …
The petitioner, Samir Khan, was arrested in connection with a case registered under Section 85 of the Bihar Narcotic Substances Act, 2023 and Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, alleging mental and physical cruelty and a dowry demand of Rs. 8 lakh. He applied for anticipatory bail, which …
The petitioners, four members of the Pandey family, filed a petition seeking to quash the order of cognizance dated 17‑02‑2017 issued by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate‑VIII, Siwan, in connection with a 2012 case involving offences under Sections 304(b), 201, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and …
The applicant filed an application under Section 528 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash a criminal case (State v. Varis and others) involving offences under Sections 498A, 323, 504 IPC and the Dowry Prohibition Act, on the ground that the parties had reached a compromise dated …
The petitioner, Deepak Kumar, brother of the deceased, was arrested on 29‑10‑2024 in connection with a murder case (Nagar P.S. Case No. 669 of 2024) and alleged dowry offences. He sought regular bail, claiming he was falsely implicated and that the deceased had set himself on fire, with the …
The petitioner, Md. Dilsher, was apprehended for alleged offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, stemming from a complaint by his mother‑in‑law alleging dowry‑related torture and a second marriage. He is already on bail in a separate case filed by his …
The petitioner, Abhishek Bansal, filed a writ petition seeking quashment of FIR No. 0125 of 2024, which alleged offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The dispute was matrimonial, involving the petitioner (husband) and respondent No.4 (wife), and the …
The petitioners filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition seeking the quashal of an FIR (Case Crime No. 0125 of 2024) registered under Sections 85, 115, 352, 351, 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The High Court noted that the same …
The applicant, Pawan Thakur, filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS seeking a stay and quash of the criminal case (Crime No. 0090) pending before the Civil Judge, Junior Division, which involved offences under Sections 498-A, 323, 406, 504, 506 of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the …
The High Court considered an application to quash the trial court's order taking cognizance of offences under Section 498A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against the in‑laws of the complainant. The complainant alleged that after her marriage, the petitioners demanded …
The daughter of the complainant married Abhimanyu Singh in 2011; later she alleged dowry harassment and filed an FIR under Sections 323, 341, 354, 498A and 34 IPC. The magistrate took cognizance against the husband and his mother‑in‑law, sister‑in‑law and brother‑in‑law. The three relatives filed a …
The applicants filed a petition under Section 482 of the CrPC seeking to quash Criminal Complaint No.3388 of 2021, which alleged offences under IPC sections 498‑A, 323, 504 and 506. They contended that the allegations were false, frivolous and a duplicate of an earlier 2020 complaint, and that no …
Kundan Kumar Singh was convicted under Section 498A of the IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, and his appeal was dismissed. He filed a criminal revision petition challenging the conviction. While the revision was pending, the petitioner and his wife reached a settlement, obtained a …
The appellants, Naresh Mandal and Anil Mandal, were convicted for the dowry death of Guddi Devi under Section 304B IPC and for causing disappearance of evidence under Sections 201 and 34 IPC. The prosecution alleged that the accused demanded dowry and subjected the victim to cruelty, leading to her …
The appellant, Vishal Kumar, was convicted under Sections 498‑A and 304‑B of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, receiving rigorous imprisonment and fines. He filed a criminal appeal challenging the conviction and sentence, alleging evidential infirmities. While the appeal was …
The applicant, Devesh Kanaujia, filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS seeking to quash the criminal proceedings (Complaint No. 4674 of 2012) arising from a 2007 case under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and the Dowry Prohibition Act. The parties, including the complainant Mamta …
The applicants filed an application under Section 528 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking to quash the summoning order issued by a Judicial Magistrate and the revision order of an Additional Sessions Judge in a dowry case involving sections 498A, 323 IPC and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry …
The applicant, Smt Prem Lata Singh, filed an application under Section 529 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking expeditious disposal of Criminal Case No. 7743 of 2024, which involved offences under Sections 498‑A, 323, 504, 506 of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The case …
The petitioner, Meera Devi, mother‑in‑law of complainant Kumari Sujata, sought quash of a magistrate's order taking cognizance of offences under IPC §§498A, 323, 379 (with §34) and Dowry Prohibition Act §4. The complaint alleged dowry demands and cruelty but made only vague, omnibus accusations …
The petitioners, who are in‑laws of the complainant, sought quash of the trial court’s order taking cognizance against them under Sections 341, 323, 498A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The complainant alleged physical and mental cruelty, dowry demand and assault, but the FIR …
The petitioners, comprising members of the Singh family, filed criminal miscellaneous applications under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash an order dated 03‑06‑2017 passed by the Sub‑Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Saran, which had taken cognizance of offences under Section …
The petitioners sought quashing of FIR No. 372 of 2018 filed under Section 420 IPC and Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, alleging that the matter had become infructuous. The trial court reported that the case was disposed of on 14 September 2024 in a National Lok Adalat. Petitioners argued …
The applicant filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS seeking to quash criminal proceedings (Case No. 856 of 2025) involving offences under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506, 354 of the IPC, the Dowry Prohibition Act and related charges. The High Court examined the record and held that at this …
Petitioner Saddam Husain filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition challenging an FIR dated 25-07-2025 registered under Sections 304-B, 498-A, 323, 506 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. After presenting arguments, the petitioner withdrew the primary relief sought but …
The applicants filed an application under Section 528 of the B.N.S.S. seeking to quash criminal proceedings (Case No. 52800 of 2024) arising from alleged offences under IPC sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506, 325, 354 and the Dowry Prohibition Act. The dispute was matrimonial in nature and the parties …
The High Court considered a bail application filed by Sheetal, accused in a dowry‑death case (Criminal Case No. 508 of 2025) alleging that she and the husband of the deceased had an illicit relationship which led the daughter to commit suicide. The prosecution argued that the accused were principal …
The applicants, Rahul Chhabra and three others, filed an application under Section 528 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash the criminal proceedings (Case No. 66500 of 2024) pending before the Judicial Magistrate, alleging that the parties had amicably settled the dispute via a compromise …
The petitioner, Suryajeet Kumar, sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a dowry‑related case (Gaurichak PS Case No. 503 of 2022) alleging offences under Sections 341, 323, 498A, 504, 34 IPC and Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The prosecution alleged that the petitioner demanded Rs 5 …
The High Court considered a bail application filed by Asgar, accused in a dowry‑death case (Crime No. 810 of 2025) under Sections 80(2), 85 of the Evidence Act and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The applicant, husband of the deceased, claimed the death was a suicide, citing the …
The appellant challenged the acquittal of the husband and in‑laws of Sanju Verma in a dowry‑death case. The prosecution alleged that the accused harassed the deceased for dowry and caused her death by poisoning, invoking Sections 302/34, 304B, 498A IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The …
The High Court considered a bail application filed by Meena Devi, the mother‑in‑law of a deceased woman who allegedly died by suicide within two months of marriage. The applicant argued that the death was a suicide, citing the post‑mortem report showing a hanging with no other injuries, and that she …
The petitioners, who are the parents‑in‑law and a sister‑in‑law of the complainant, were taken into cognizance by a Chief Judicial Magistrate under Section 498A IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act based on a FIR alleging dowry demand and cruelty. The petitioners filed an application …
The wife (OP No.2) filed a complaint alleging dowry demand for a Bolero vehicle, cruelty, assault and attempted poisoning by her husband and his family. The Sub‑Divisional Judicial Magistrate took cognizance under Section 498A IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against the husband and …
The complainant, Pinki Kumari, alleged that her husband and his relatives demanded dowry and subjected her to cruelty and assault, leading to a complaint under Sections 498A, 323, 379, 504 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The Magistrate took cognizance of the offence under …
The petitioner, Ashok Thakur, sought bail in a complaint case alleging offences under Section 498A of the IPC and the Dowry Prohibition Act, wherein the complainant claimed mental and physical cruelty and demanded Rs. 2.5 lakh and a motorcycle. The petitioner contended that the complaint was false, …
The petitioners (the in‑laws of the complainant) filed a criminal miscellaneous application under Section 482 CrPC seeking to set aside the Sub‑Divisional Judicial Magistrate’s order of cognizance dated 07‑06‑2014 in a dowry‑related case. The complainant, the wife of petitioner‑1, alleged dowry …
Mukesh Pandit filed an application under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. seeking quash of a series of orders issued by the Sub‑Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, which included a bailable warrant, a non‑bailable warrant, proclamation under Section 82 and attachment under Section 83, ultimately …
The appellant, Md. Saiyad, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Araria, for dowry death under IPC Section 304B/34 and for causing disappearance of evidence under Section 201/34, receiving life imprisonment and a five‑year term. The prosecution relied on the statements of ten witnesses and …
Shashi Kumar petitioned the Patna High Court for bail after a complaint (No. 1203 of 2023) was lodged against him under IPC section 498A read with sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The court noted a conciliatory meeting between the petitioner and his wife, during which they agreed to …
The petitioner Alok Kumar was charged under Section 498A IPC based on a complaint by his wife alleging dowry demand and cruelty. The trial court, after a Section 202 inquiry, took cognizance and issued summons. The petitioner filed a Section 482 CrPC application seeking quashal, arguing that the …
The petitioner, Satrudhan Kumar, applied for anticipatory bail fearing arrest in Mahila Police Station Case No.27 of 2024, which alleged dowry demand, torture, and assault under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The prosecution’s informant …
Mohd. Wahid Khan filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash a summoning order dated 30.11.2023 in a complaint case involving alleged offences under Sections 498-A, 323, 504 of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The applicant …
The applicants, Shekhar Saini and another, filed a Section 482 Cr.P.C. application seeking to quash the summons and the entire criminal proceeding (Complaint No. 45 of 2024) filed by Smt. Lakshmi under Sections 498‑A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and the Dowry Prohibition Act. The High Court had earlier …
Jyoti Devi filed a dowry‑related complaint alleging cruelty, assault and dowry demands against her husband Vikash Kumar and his parents, Ram Swaroop Gupta and Rita Devi. The Sub‑Divisional Judicial Magistrate took cognizance of offences under IPC Sections 323, 504, 498A and Section 4 of the Dowry …
The petitioner, Puja Kumari, filed an application under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the trial court's order taking cognizance of offences alleged against her in a case filed by Prachi Priyam. The FIR alleged offences under IPC Sections 498A, 323, 494 read with 34 and Dowry …
The complainant, Bindu Devi, alleged that her husband and his relatives demanded a motorcycle and Rs.2,00,000 as dowry, subjecting her to physical and mental cruelty, assault, miscarriage, and ouster from her matrimonial home. The trial court took cognizance of offences under Section 498-A IPC and …
Surendra Kumar sought anticipatory bail after being implicated in a case under sections 115(2), 352, 351(2), 3(5) of the Bihar Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The informant, Nisha Kumari, alleged that the petitioner had married her in a temple and a court …
The petitioner, Prem Paswan, applied for bail in a case registered under Sections 80(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, alleging that he was falsely implicated in the death of his wife, who died within seven years of marriage. The …
The petitioners, Md. Abul Kaise and his wife Sarwari Begam, filed a petition under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash the charge sheet dated 28‑06‑2018 that framed charges under Sections 341, 323, 406, 420, 504/34 of the IPC and Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The …
The petitioners, Umesh Rai and another, filed a criminal revision challenging the order dated 09‑12‑2025 of the Special Judge (E.C. Act) that dismissed their application for discharge under Section 227 of the Cr.P.C. and Section 250(2) of the BNSS, 2023. The case involved charges under Sections …
The applicants filed a Section 528 B.N.S.S. application seeking to quash a summoning order dated 22‑12‑2015 issued by the Judicial Magistrate, Baghpat in a dowry‑related complaint (Smt. Seema v. Monu). They alleged that the prosecution was malicious, that no offence under IPC sections 323, 504, 506, …
The applicant, husband of a woman who died within 13 months of marriage, sought bail in a dowry death case (Criminal No. 376 of 2024) alleging that the death was a suicide and that the post‑mortem report was erroneous. The prosecution argued that the post‑mortem indicated strangulation, making it a …
The High Court of Allahabad considered a bail application filed by Ravi Karan, who was arrested in connection with a case under Sections 64(2)F, 115(2), 351(2) and 352 of the IPC, alleged to involve misuse of dowry laws. The applicant contended that he was falsely implicated, being the …
The applicants filed a Section 528 BNSS application seeking to quash a notice dated 12‑July‑2024 and related proceedings in a domestic‑violence case (Case No. 127/12/24, Nitesh v. Amit). The applicants, who are in‑laws and a sister‑in‑law of the opposite party, alleged that the complaint filed by …
A complaint dated 01‑12‑2021 was filed by Naresh Kumar (the husband) against his wife Neelam @ Anshu and her family members under Sections 420, 406, 504 and 506 IPC alleging theft of jewellery and marital discord. The applicants filed a petition under Section 482 CrPC seeking to quash the summoning …
The petitioner, Sachin Kumar, was charged under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Dowry Prohibition Act for allegedly assaulting his wife, causing a spinal injury. He has been in custody since February 3, 2025. The petitioner contended that the case was false, claiming his …
The appellants were convicted under Sections 304B (dowry death) and 201/34 of the IPC for the alleged murder of Mursilah Parween, who was said to have been killed after dowry demands. The prosecution relied on statements of several witnesses, but key witnesses either contradicted the claim of dowry …
The appellants were convicted by the Sessions Court for dowry death under IPC Section 304B and for causing disappearance of evidence under Sections 201 and 34, receiving ten years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine. They appealed, contending that the trial court ignored serious contradictions in the …
The petitioners, who are the father‑in‑law, mother‑in‑law, brother‑in‑law and other relatives of the husband, filed a discharge application under Section 245 CrPC in a case arising from a complaint alleging offences under Sections 498A and 379 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. …
The petitioners, in‑laws of the deceased Sangeeta Kumari, sought to quash a 2001 order of a Sub‑Divisional Judicial Magistrate that had taken cognizance of offences under Section 498A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The victim had allegedly suffered dowry‑related cruelty, but …
The petitioners filed a criminal miscellaneous application under Section 482 of the CrPC seeking quashment of an FIR (Bakhtiyarpur PS Case No.371 of 2017) that alleged offences including cruelty, assault, dowry harassment and Section 498A IPC. The complainant, Mausami Kumari, claimed she was married …
The petitioners, who are the mother‑in‑law and father‑in‑law of the complainant, filed an application to quash the order dated 03‑11‑2022 of the Sub‑Divisional Judicial Magistrate that took cognizance of offences under IPC sections 341, 323, 504, 506, 498A, 34 and Dowry Prohibition Act sections 3 …
The petitioners, Sabita Devi and Parshuram Rai, sought discharge under Section 239 of the CrPC from a criminal case filed by their daughter‑in‑law Bandana Kumari alleging cruelty, dowry demand and offences under the IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act. The trial court had rejected the discharge petition, …
The petitioner, Kamni Devi, filed a petition under Section 482 CrPC seeking to quash a revisional court order that had set aside a trial court’s cognizance of offences under Sections 323, 498A IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The trial court had taken cognizance of alleged cruelty, …
The petitioners, a mother‑in‑law and brother‑in‑law, were charged under Section 498A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act based on a FIR alleging dowry demand and cruelty by the complainant, who had married her husband by love marriage. The petitioners moved the High Court to quash …
The applicants filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS seeking to quash the Sessions Trial No. 641 of 2026, alleging that the parties had amicably settled the dispute through a compromise dated 20‑02‑2026. The charge‑sheet alleged offences under Sections 85, 115(2) of the BNSS, Sections 3 …
The applicants filed an application under Section 528 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash a summoning order issued by the Judicial Magistrate in a criminal case involving offences under Sections 498‑A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and the Dowry Prohibition Act. They claimed that the parties had …
The applicant, Smt. Hasina Khatoon, sought maintenance of Rs.2.64 lakh under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, after the husband repeatedly defaulted on payments despite an interim order of Rs.8,000 per month. The husband was sent to civil prison for non‑payment, but the …
The High Court considered a bail application filed by Rupesh, the husband of a woman who allegedly committed suicide by hanging after a dispute over dowry. The prosecution had charged him under Sections 85, 80(2) and 351(2) of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. …
Ankita Singh filed a transfer application under Section 407 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to move a criminal case (Cr.No. 17114 of 2023) from the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ghazipur to Ballia, alleging that staying in Ghazipur would cause her irreparable loss. The application listed several …
The petitioners, Anita Devi and Ajeet Ram, sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a dowry‑related assault case (Mahila P.S. Case No. 132 of 2025) filed under several sections of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The FIR alleged that they assaulted the …
The complainant, married to Dr. Rishi Raj, filed an FIR in March 2022 alleging torture, dowry demands and an attempt to strangle her, implicating her husband, his parents (the appellants) and his sister‑in‑law. The parents‑in‑law and sister‑in‑law sought quashing of the criminal proceedings under …
The petitioner, a senior deputy collector, filed an FIR alleging assault by his wife, a judicial officer, but was told that registration required the Chief Justice's permission. After a prolonged struggle involving RTI applications and letters, the FIR was eventually lodged and the police submitted …
Jagdish Chaudhary, the father of a deceased who allegedly set himself on fire, was charged under multiple sections of the Bihar Narcotic Substances Act, 2023 and the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 for the alleged murder of his son‑in‑law. He had been in custody since 28‑Oct‑2024 and his earlier bail …
The petitioner, Raj Kishor Giri, brother‑in‑law of the deceased Karishma Kumari, sought regular bail in a case registered under Sections 80(2) & 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The prosecution alleged that the deceased was subjected to cruelty for …
Mojibur Rahman applied for anticipatory bail after being implicated in a complaint under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act for allegedly assaulting his wife to demand dowry. He failed to appear in court, claiming lack of means and fearing arrest. The State opposed …
The petitioner, Sumitra Devi, mother‑in‑law of the accused husband, filed an application invoking the High Court's inherent jurisdiction to quash the order of cognizance dated 02‑04‑2024 against her under Sections 341, 323, 498A, 504, 506, 34 IPC and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The …
The High Court considered a criminal revision filed by Smt. Sonu Devi and her minor son against a Family Court order directing the husband, Vipin Kumar, to pay Rs.3,000 and Rs.2,000 per month respectively as maintenance under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The husband claimed a higher …
The petitioner, Dhanmatiya Devi, mother‑in‑law of a deceased woman, sought anticipatory bail in a dowry‑death case (Maner P.S. Case No. 231 of 2025) where the FIR alleged assault and death by dowry demand. The prosecution alleged the deceased was assaulted and killed, while the petitioner contended …
The petitioners, aged father‑in‑law and mother‑in‑law, were charged under Section 498A IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act for alleged cruelty and dowry demand against their daughter‑in‑law, Dolly Devi. They sought quash of the magistrate’s order taking cognizance of the offences, arguing …
The petitioners filed an application under Section 482 of the CrPC seeking quashal of the order of cognizance dated 26.05.2017, which had taken cognizance of offences under Sections 498A, 323, 504/34 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against them. The case arose from a …
Petitioner Hazim Sulaiman feared arrest in a dowry‑related case (PS Gaunaha Case No. 109 of 2024) involving offences under Sections 341, 323, 379, 420, 498(A), 313, 34 of the IPC and Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The prosecution alleged he assaulted the victim to demand dowry. The …
The petitioners, husband and in‑laws of Minakshi Kumari, challenged the order of cognizance dated 29‑06‑2017 under Section 498A IPC and Section 4 Dowry Prohibition Act, alleging that the criminal case stemmed from matrimonial discord. The complainant had filed the complaint alleging dowry demands, …
The appellant Tannu Jha appealed against her conviction for dowry death under Sections 304B and 34 of the IPC, based on the fire‑related death of her sister‑in‑law Soni Jha. The prosecution alleged that the deceased was subjected to dowry demands and cruelty, leading to her being set alight. The …
The petitioners, six women related to the deceased in a dowry‑death case, filed an anticipatory bail application fearing arrest under Sections 80(2), 238, 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. They contended that the FIR contains only vague, omnibus …
The petitioner, Md. Raj, feared arrest in a criminal case (Pranpur P.S. Case No. 13 of 2025) filed under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Dowry Prohibition Act. A mediation report from the Patna High Court Mediation Centre indicated that the parties had amicably settled the …
The petitioner, Avinash Kumar Saxena, sought anticipatory bail in a case alleging offences under Sections 498A, 354 IPC and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, filed by his wife Shobha Kumari. The FIR alleged mental and physical cruelty due to dowry demands. Both parties later claimed that …
The petitioners, aged parents of the accused son, sought quashing of a magistrate's order taking cognizance of offences under Sections 498A and 34 of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act filed by their former daughter‑in‑law. The complainant alleged continuous cruelty and dowry …
The petitioners Yashpal Bharti and his family sought to quash an order dated 08‑04‑2024 passed by the Additional District Judge‑III, Gaya, which directed them to provide temporary residence and a monthly allowance of Rs 10,000 to Nish Raj, the complainant under the Protection of Women from Domestic …
The petitioners filed an application invoking the High Court's inherent jurisdiction to quash an order dated 09‑01‑2023 of the Judicial Magistrate, Patna City, which had taken cognizance of offences under Section 498A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The petitioners produced a …
The petitioners filed an application invoking the High Court's inherent jurisdiction to quash a Judicial Magistrate's order dated 09.01.2023 that had taken cognizance of offences under Section 498A of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. They submitted a compromise deed …
The accused filed an application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking to quash FIR No. 23 of 2015 and the pending criminal case concerning offences under IPC, the Dowry Prohibition Act and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The original complainant …
The appellant, brother‑in‑law of a deceased woman alleged to have died in a dowry case, filed an anticipatory bail application fearing arrest under the Dowry Prohibition Act. The High Court granted anticipatory bail but limited its effect only until the filing of the charge‑sheet, after which the …
The petitioners, who are in-laws of the informant, sought quashing of the order dated 14‑09‑2020 that took cognizance of FIR No. 160/2020 under IPC sections 341, 323, 379, 498A and Dowry Prohibition Act sections 3 and 4. The informant alleged cruelty, dowry demands and harassment by the petitioners, …
The widow Kumari Arunima alleged that her in‑law relatives subjected her to cruelty, dowry demands, theft and physical abuse during her marriage, leading to a FIR and cognizance under IPC sections 341, 323, 379, 498A and Dowry Prohibition Act sections 3 and 4. The petitioners, who are her in‑laws, …
The petitioners, comprising a husband, his in‑laws and a sister‑in‑law, sought to quash the order rejecting their discharge application under Section 239 CrPC in a dowry harassment case filed under Sections 498A and 34 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. They contended that the …
The petitioner, Niraj Kumar, was named in a complaint alleging offences under IPC Sections 323 and 498A and Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act for alleged mental and physical cruelty and dowry demands. The complaint was filed six months after the alleged incident and was not supported by an …
The applicant Pooja Singh filed a criminal complaint alleging dowry demand of Rs.3 lakh, physical and mental cruelty, and assault by her husband Vipin Kumar and his family. The trial court dismissed the complaint and acquitted the accused, noting lack of medical evidence, contradictory statements …
The petitioners, members of the Basir Khan family, filed an application seeking to quash a 15 September 2009 order that had taken cognizance against them under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. They further requested that the trial court be directed to …
Muzahir Alam sought relief fearing arrest in a dowry‑related complaint (Case No. 79 of 2023) alleging offences under several IPC sections and the Dowry Prohibition Act. He had been granted anticipatory bail on 18‑Nov‑2025 with a condition to pay Rs 3,000 per month as interim maintenance to the …
The petitioners, who are the father‑in‑law and mother‑in‑law of the complainant, filed an application to quash a criminal case (Mahila P.S. Case No. 141 of 2021) pending before the Judicial Magistrate‑1st Class, Patna, for offences under Sections 498A and 34 of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the …
The petitioner, Kumar Vivek, was charged under IPC sections 323, 307, 498A, 34 and Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act for alleged dowry demands, cruelty, and an attempted murder of his wife, Namrata Kumari. The FIR alleged that the bride's family was forced to pay a car and Rs. 11 lakh as dowry, …
The accused filed an application under Section 482 of the CrPC seeking to quash FIR No.11191031230883/2023 and the pending criminal case, alleging that the dispute with the complainant had been amicably settled through a mutual divorce suit. The complainant, present in court, submitted an affidavit …
The appellant alleged that her daughter was burnt to death after the accused, Manish Kumar, demanded a motorcycle and gold as dowry. The trial court acquitted the accused, finding that the prosecution failed to prove the essential ingredients of a dowry death and that witnesses, including the mother …
Shushil Thakur was charged under Sections 498A, 406, 354 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act in a complaint filed by his wife, Sweety Kumari, alleging dowry‑related torture and physical assault after the birth of their second daughter. The petitioner sought …
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh sought anticipatory bail after a complaint was lodged under Sections 498A and 504 of the IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act alleging dowry demands and cruelty. The petitioner claimed the allegations were false, stemming from a strained marital relationship and …
The petitioners, who are the mother, father, sister and brother of the accused Chandan, applied for anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a case registered under Section 376 of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. They alleged that the complainant had a consensual …
Prince Paswan, husband of a woman who died under suspicious circumstances, applied for regular bail in a case registered under sections 498A, 304B, 34 of the IPC and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The prosecution alleges that Paswan and co‑accused tortured the deceased to extract a …
Vijay Kumar Rajak was arrested in connection with a complaint alleging offences under IPC sections 323, 504, 506, 379, 498A/34 and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, relating to alleged cruelty and dowry demand. The petitioner argued that the allegations were vague and that the dispute had been …
The petitioners, Arbind Pathak and Durgawati Devi, who are the father‑in‑law and mother‑in‑law of the complainant, applied for bail in connection with Complaint No. 1186 of 2024 alleging offences under IPC sections 323, 498A, 406 and Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act for alleged cruelty and …
Mukesh Pratihast and relatives filed an application before the Patna High Court challenging an order dated 11‑02‑2016 of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga, which had taken cognizance of offences under Sections 307, 341, 323, 324, 379, 498A, 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 …
The petitioner, Nandlal Ram, was named in a 2018 dowry harassment complaint alleging cruelty under Section 498-A IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act for demanding Rs.60,000 and a Hero Honda motorcycle. He filed a bail petition, contending that the dowry demand was framed in a vague, …
The applicants filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash the charge‑sheet and the entire criminal proceeding (Criminal Case No. 36984 of 2025) relating to offences under Sections 498‑A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, …
Rousanara Begum married S.K. Salahuddin in 2005 and divorced him in 2011. At the time of marriage her father gave Rs 7 lakh and 30 bhori of gold, which the appellant sought to recover under Section 3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986. Lower courts awarded partial …
The appellant, Muskan, married Ishaan Khan in 2020 and later alleged dowry harassment by her husband and his family, filing complaints in early 2023 and an FIR in January 2024 under Section 498A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 Dowry Prohibition Act. The respondents filed a petition under Section 482 of the …
The appellant, Ghanshyam Soni, was accused under sections 498A, 34 and 406 IPC for alleged cruelty and dowry demands by his wife, a police officer, with incidents said to have occurred in 1999. The complainant filed a complaint on 3 July 2002, leading to an FIR on 19 December 2002 and a charge‑sheet …
The appellant Rajesh Chaddha was convicted under Section 498A of the IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act for alleged cruelty and dowry demands by his wife, who claimed physical and mental torture, including a miscarriage. The High Court, exercising revisionary jurisdiction, upheld the …
The appellant, a mother‑in‑law, was accused of repeatedly torturing her daughter‑in‑law over dowry demands, leading the young woman to commit suicide by poison. The trial court convicted her under Sections 304B and 498A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, but the High Court …
The appellants, relatives of the husband in a matrimonial dispute, were charged in an FIR alleging they instigated dowry demands, although they lived in Hyderabad while the complainant resided in Guntur. The complainant had earlier withdrawn a restitution of conjugal rights case and later filed a …
The appellant, Ramanuj Kumar, filed a petition for divorce under Sections 13(1)(ia) and (iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, alleging irretrievable breakdown of his marriage to Priyanka. The parties had been living separately for over eleven years, with the appellant caring for their elder daughter and …
The appellants, who are relatives of a husband, were summoned in a complaint under IPC sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 and Dowry Act s.4 after the husband’s marriage had been dissolved by an ex‑parte divorce decree on 31‑05‑2012. The complaint, filed three years after the divorce, alleged that the …
The appellant, brother of the deceased, filed FIRs alleging that the deceased wife was subjected to relentless dowry demands and cruelty by her in‑laws, culminating in her death by strangulation within two years of marriage. The trial court denied bail to the accused in‑laws, but the High Court …
The appellants, a husband and his in‑laws, sought to quash a FIR and charge‑sheet filed after the husband filed a divorce suit, alleging that the FIR was a retaliatory, vexatious measure. The FIR originally alleged rape under Section 376 IPC, but the charge‑sheet omitted that offence and no protest …
The deceased Geetha was allegedly set on fire by her mother‑in‑law, leading to her death. The trial court acquitted both the husband (appellant No.1) and the mother‑in‑law (appellant No.2) for offences under Sections 498A, 302, 504 r/w 34 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The …
The complainant alleged dowry demands, mental and physical harassment by her husband and in‑laws, and implicated the appellant Geddam Jhansi (her mother‑in‑law’s sister) and her son Geddam Sathyakama Jabali as pressurising her to obey her husband’s wishes. The High Court declined to quash criminal …
The petition arose from a criminal trial under which the petitioner sought, under Section 311 of the CrPC, the summons of two individuals, Vinay Kumar Pathak and Kanak Lata Singh, as independent witnesses. The trial court partially granted the application, summoning only Pathak and later closed the …
The appellant, Karan Singh, was convicted under Sections 304-B and 498-A of the IPC for the alleged dowry death of his wife, Asha Rani, who committed suicide within two years of marriage. The prosecution's case relied on the testimonies of three witnesses, whose statements about dowry demands were …
The appellant, Smt. N. Usha Rani, married her first husband in 1999, separated and executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2005, and subsequently married the respondent twice, the second marriage being registered. The respondent obtained a decree declaring the first marriage void and later …
M. Venkateswaran was convicted under Section 498A of the IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act for demanding gold sovereigns and harassing his wife‑de‑facto complainant. The trial court sentenced him to three years imprisonment and a fine, which the Madras High Court modified to two years …
The appellant, the brother‑in‑law of the deceased woman, was convicted under Sections 306 and 498‑A of the IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act for abetment of suicide, while being acquitted of the dowry‑death charge under Section 304B. The deceased had set herself on fire after alleged …
The petitioner-wife Rinku Baheti filed a transfer petition seeking to move a pending divorce suit to the Pune Family Court and opposed the respondent-husband Sandesh Sharda's application under Article 142(1) for a decree of divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage. The parties …
The marriage between appellant No.1 and respondent No.2 deteriorated, leading the wife to file an FIR under Section 498A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Act alleging cruelty and dowry demands, while also implicating the husband’s parents and sisters-in-law. The appellants contended that the …
The deceased, Neelam, died from extensive burn injuries within seven years of her marriage to the son of the appellants, who were her father‑in‑law and mother‑in‑law. The prosecution alleged that the accused demanded a motorcycle and Rs 50,000 as dowry and threatened her, invoking the presumption of …
The case concerned a two‑year‑seven‑month‑old girl whose mother died in an unnatural death. The child had been in the care of her maternal aunts and grandparents since she was 11 months old. The father, who had been arrested and later released on bail, filed a habeas‑corpus petition before the …
The father of a divorced woman filed an FIR in 2021 alleging that his former in‑laws had retained the gold ornaments he had given as stridhan at his daughter's 1999 marriage. The daughter had divorced in 2015, remarried in 2018, and a separation agreement had already settled all marital property. …
The deceased, Sonali Karmakar, committed suicide by hanging in her matrimonial home within seven years of marriage. The prosecution alleged that she was subjected to harassment and dowry demands by her husband and in‑laws, leading to her death. The trial court convicted the sister‑in‑law, husband, …
The appellant, Sudeep Chatterjee, was accused under Section 498A IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act by his wife. The High Court of Patna granted him provisional pre‑arrest bail on the condition that he file a joint affidavit within four weeks undertaking to fulfil all physical and …
The appellant-wife filed criminal and civil proceedings alleging cruelty, hurt and dowry demands by her husband, leading to multiple interim maintenance orders. After nine years of separation, failed reconciliations and pending litigations, the parties mutually agreed that the marriage was …
The petitioners, both commercial pilots, claimed to have "solemnised" their marriage on 7 July 2021 and obtained a marriage certificate from Vadik Jankalyan Samiti, which was later used to register the marriage under the Uttar Pradesh Marriage Registration Rules, 2017. In reality, no Hindu rites or …
The husband and his in‑laws were initially acquitted after a compromise before a Lok Adalat, but the complainant‑wife later withdrew her consent and the trial court re‑opened the case by issuing a docket order on 20 July 2021, charging them under sections 420, 498A, 506 IPC and sections 3 and 4 of …
The case involved the suicide by self‑immolation of Akkamahadevi, married to the accused, who was alleged to have subjected her to mental and physical cruelty for dowry. The trial court convicted the accused under IPC sections 498A, 304B (read with s.34), and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry …
