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The petitioners filed an application to quash the order of cognizance dated 29‑10‑2009 issued by the Sub‑Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Patna, which had taken cognizance under Section 498A of the IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against them in a dowry‑related complaint. Petitioners 1 …
The petitioners sought to quash the Sub‑Divisional Judicial Magistrate's order of cognizance dated 10‑09‑2014 that had taken cognizance of them under IPC sections 498A, 323, 420 and Dowry Prohibition Act sections 3/4 in a dowry‑related complaint. Petitioners 1 and 3 withdrew their applications, …
The petitioner, Gauri Shankar Jha, was named in a 2023 complaint alleging cruelty and assault under IPC Sections 498‑A and 323 and Dowry Prohibition Act Sections 3 and 4 for allegedly refusing to pay Rs 5 lakhs and a motorcycle. The marriage had lasted twenty years with two children, and the …
The State of Bihar convicted Md. Tahir and his mother Hadizan Khatoon for the murder of Tahir's wife Rina Khatoon and her two daughters by setting the house on fire, invoking Sections 302, 34 and 201, 34 of the IPC. The trial court sentenced Tahir to death and Hadizan to life imprisonment, relying …
The State of Bihar convicted Md. Tahir and his mother Hadizan Khatoon for the murder of Tahir's wife Rina Khatoon and her two daughters by setting the house on fire, invoking Sections 302, 34 and 201, 34 of the IPC. The trial court sentenced Tahir to death and Hadizan to life imprisonment, relying …
The State of Bihar convicted Md. Tahir and his mother Hadizan Khatoon for the murder of Tahir's wife Rina Khatoon and her two daughters by setting the house on fire, invoking Sections 302, 34 and 201, 34 of the IPC. The trial court sentenced Tahir to death and Hadizan to life imprisonment, relying …
The petitioner, Md. Babar, was arrested in connection with a complaint alleging offences under Section 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The petitioner and the complainant, Saira Bano, asserted that their dispute had been settled and they were now living …
Aftab Alam was named in a FIR and complaint alleging cruelty and dowry demand under Section 498A of the IPC (now Sections 85 and 86 of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita) and the Dowry Prohibition Act. The complainant, his wife Sogra Khatoon, allegedly left the matrimonial home and subsequently remarried, a …
Pankaj Kumar petitioned the Patna High Court seeking bail after his arrest was anticipated in connection with offences under Sections 85 and 3(5) of the Bihar Negotiable Instruments Act and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, arising from a marital dispute with his wife Neha Kumari. The …
Anju Devi, the mother‑in‑law of a deceased woman, filed an anticipatory bail application after being implicated in a dowry‑death case under IPC sections 304B and 34 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The prosecution alleged that the petitioner, along with other accused, killed the …
The petitioner, Md. Abu Bashar, was arrested in connection with a case alleging sexual exploitation, assault and dowry-related offences under Sections 323, 324, 341, 376, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The informant, Rifat Khatoon, claimed the …
The petitioner, Chandeshwar Ray, a 79‑year‑old father‑in‑law, was implicated in a case (Raghopur P.S. Case No. 215 of 2025) for offences under Sections 80 and 3(5) of the B.N.S. and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, alleging dowry demand and the murder of his daughter‑in‑law. He …
The petitioner, Kedar Agrawal, was charged under IPC sections 323, 341, 498A/34 and Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act for alleged cruelty and dowry demand against his wife, Jyoti Agrawal. The petitioner contended that the complaint was false, arising from a family dispute after his wife forced …
The petitioner, Chandan Kumar Sah, was named in an FIR arising from a complaint alleging cruelty and dowry harassment by his wife, O.P. No.2, for a demand of Rs.5 lakh. The petitioner sought anticipatory bail, contending that the allegations were vague and that the complainant habitually files …
The petitioner, Ahmad Ali, was named in a criminal complaint filed by his wife Shabnam Perween alleging cruelty, dowry demand of Rs. 5 lakh, and physical assault. The complaint was lodged on 4 October 2024, about 15 days after the alleged incident, without an injury report and with no marriage date …
The petitioner, Mohammad Azam, was named in an FIR dated 5 January 2023 for alleged offences under IPC sections 341, 323, 498A, 506, 34 and Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, relating to a dowry demand of Rs 5 lakh. The FIR was lodged six months after the alleged incident (2 July 2022) and the …
Kundan Kumar, the petitioner, was named in an FIR for alleged cruelty and dowry-related offences under several sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Dowry Prohibition Act. He applied for anticipatory bail, claiming that his wife, Gitanjali Devi, had deserted him, never joined his matrimonial …
The petitioner, Mohit Kumar, sought pre‑arrest bail after being implicated in a case alleging assault and dowry harassment under IPC sections 341, 323, 498, 506 and Dowry Prohibition Act sections 3 and 4. The prosecution alleges that he, along with co‑accused, assaulted the informant for failing to …
The petitioners, relatives of the husband of the complainant, filed an anticipatory bail application fearing arrest in a dowry harassment case under Section 498A of the IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The complaint alleged physical assault and torture for non‑payment of a Rs.2 lakh …
The State of Gujarat appealed the acquittal of four accused who were charged with murder, dowry death and related offences after the deceased Rasilaben was found strangled in a farm shed. The prosecution presented medical evidence confirming homicidal death by strangulation and alleged that the …
The appellant, Md Asfak Alam, was married to the respondent wife and faced an FIR under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Anticipating arrest, he applied for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the CrPC; the application was initially dismissed, …
The wife (Respondent No.2) filed a criminal complaint alleging dowry harassment, cruelty and forced abortion against her husband’s parents and in‑laws under IPC sections 498‑A and 34 and the Dowry Prohibition Act. The appellants moved to quash the FIR under CrPC s.482, arguing that the wife had …
The deceased Pushpa was burnt and later died; two dying declarations were recorded—first (Ex. P‑11) by a Naib Tehsildar, which did not name her husband Rajaram, and second (Ex. P‑26) by a police officer, which accused Rajaram and others of cruelty and dowry harassment. The trial court convicted …
The case involved the murder of Satyawati, who was allegedly killed by her in‑laws for refusing to pay dowry. Four family members were tried; Jwala Singh was acquitted while Tribhuwan Singh, Makoi Devi and Chandra Bhawan Singh were convicted by the trial court. The High Court upheld the convictions …
The Supreme Court examined the death of Archana Mishra, who died of poisoning within six weeks of marriage, and determined that she had been subjected to cruelty and harassment by her husband and in‑laws in connection with dowry demands. The prosecution established the essential ingredients of …
The petitioners, convicted under IPC 498‑A and the Dowry Prohibition Act, had their appeal dismissed and filed a revision petition under CrPC ss. 397 and 401 before the Jharkhand High Court. The High Court refused to register the revision because the petitioners had not surrendered to custody as …
The appellant, Ratnesh Kumar Pandey, was convicted of murdering his wife Suman under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The prosecution relied on circumstantial evidence, including a knife and a blood‑stained sweater recovered from the scene, and a post‑mortem report showing twenty incised …
The petitioner, a wife, filed a dowry complaint against her husband and his family and later sought further investigation of her stridhan property and a palmtop communicator under Section 173(8) of the Cr.P.C. The magistrate ordered the investigating officer to conduct this additional inquiry under …
The appellant, an unmarried woman, lived with the respondent, a married man, for about 14 years and claimed that his failure to maintain her constituted domestic violence under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The respondent argued that their relationship was a mere live‑in …
The Voluntary Health Association of Punjab filed a writ petition seeking effective implementation of the Pre‑Conception and Pre‑Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex‑Selection) Act, 1994, alleging that many states had failed to enforce its provisions and that sex‑selective abortions …
The appellant filed an FIR under dowry and related offences against the respondent. The respondent's family filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition seeking to quash the FIR; the High Court stayed the arrest of the respondent and ordered a monthly deposit of Rs 2,000. After the investigation …
The appellant, D. Jayana, was convicted by a trial court of dowry death under Section 304-8 IPC and cruelty under Section 498-A IPC, receiving a life term for the former. The Karnataka High Court upheld both convictions but reduced the sentences to seven years for 304-8 and three years for 498-A, to …
The husband filed transfer petitions seeking to move several matrimonial and criminal matters pending before the Family Court, Gwalior, to this Court. The parties, married in 2006, had been living separately since 2007 and were involved in multiple proceedings including a petition under Section 13 …
The wife, N. Suriyakalan, filed a criminal case under Sections 498A and 406 IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against her husband A. Mohandoss and his relatives, which the Madras High Court later quashed. She also filed a maintenance petition. An SLP under Article 136 of the …
Sanghamitra Ghosh filed a transfer petition seeking to move a matrimonial suit for restitution of conjugal rights to Bangalore, alleging physical and mental torture by her husband Kajal Kumar Ghosh and his parents, and claiming she was driven out of the marital home with their minor child. Both …
The wife filed a complaint in Trichy alleging offences under Sections 498‑A, 406 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against her husband, his relatives and the husband’s sister, Gowri Ramaswamy. The accused filed petitions under Section 482 CrPC seeking quashment on grounds of …
Sanaboina Satyanarayana, convicted of murder (Sec. 302 IPC), dowry harassment (Sec. 498A IPC) and tampering with evidence (Sec. 201 IPC), sought remission of his life sentence under a Government Order dated 25‑01‑2000 issued under Article 161 of the Constitution. The Order excluded "prisoners …
The appellants were charged under the Dowry Prohibition Act and Section 498‑A IPC for dowry harassment. After the prosecution evidence was closed, the trial court dispensed with personal examination of two accused under Section 313 CrPC and acquitted them. The High Court set aside the acquittal, …
The Supreme Court examined whether a magistrate could discharge accused persons after taking cognizance of offences under Sections 406 and 498‑A IPC when the complaint was filed beyond the statutory limitation period. The magistrate correctly discharged the accused on the Section 406 charge because …
The Supreme Court examined an appeal by accused A3‑A6 challenging a Madras High Court order that imposed Rs 10,000 costs on each of them for filing a frivolous revision under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). The High Court had imposed the costs to deter abuse of process after the …
