Husband Committing Suicide Due To Wife's Illicit Relationship No Ground To Convict For Abetment Of Suicide: Karnataka High Court
4 months, 1 week ago

Husband Committing Suicide Due To Wife's Illicit Relationship No Ground To Convict For Abetment Of Suicide: Karnataka High Court

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The Karnataka High Court has said that a husband committing suicide allegedly due to his wife having an illicit relationship with another man cannot be a ground to convict the wife for charges of abetment to suicide. It said “The act of accused persons having illicit relationship does not amount to abetment to commit suicide. On going through the evidence and records the court noted that it is stated by the witnesses that a panchayat was held with regard to the said illicit relationship between accused Nos.1 and 2. 2 and upset by that, he might have committed suicide.” The court held “The evidence on record will not establish that the accused persons, by their acts, abetted the deceased to commit suicide.

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Unless Acts Constituting Both Abetment & Cruelty Are Set Out In Charge U/S 306 IPC, Conviction U/S 498A Can't Be Sustained: P&H High Court
4 days, 6 hours ago

Unless Acts Constituting Both Abetment & Cruelty Are Set Out In Charge U/S 306 IPC, Conviction U/S 498A Can't Be Sustained: P&H High Court

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that unless the specific acts constituting both abetment and cruelty are explicitly set out in the charge under Section 306 IPC, a conviction under Section 498-A cannot be sustained in the absence of a separate charge of any specific charge for such offence. Justice Harpreet Singh Brar said, “an offence …

Manav Sharma Suicide | 'FIR Prima Facie Reveals Commission Of Cognizable Offence': Allahabad HC Denies Relief To In-Laws
1 week, 1 day ago

Manav Sharma Suicide | 'FIR Prima Facie Reveals Commission Of Cognizable Offence': Allahabad HC Denies Relief To In-Laws

Live Law  

In the abetment of the suicide case of 25-year-old TCS Manager, Manav Sharma, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday refused to quash an FIR lodged against his in-laws in Agra. Noting that the FIR against them prima facie reveals the commission of the cognizable offence, a bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Prashant Kumar dismissed their writ plea. …

Rajasthan HC Grants Bail To Husband Accused Of Abetting Wife's Suicide, Says He May Have Beaten Her But Prima Facie No 'Instigation' Established
1 week, 1 day ago

Rajasthan HC Grants Bail To Husband Accused Of Abetting Wife's Suicide, Says He May Have Beaten Her But Prima Facie No 'Instigation' Established

Live Law  

While granting bail to the husband-accused in wife's suicide case, the Rajasthan High Court ruled that even though as per the prosecution the husband used to beat the wife, and misbehaved with her, there was no direct evidence to show that he did any act to instigate or aid his wife's suicide. Without there being a positive act on the …

Man sentenced to life for murdering his wife in Mangaluru
1 week, 2 days ago

Man sentenced to life for murdering his wife in Mangaluru

The Hindu  

A district and sessions court here convicted a 53-year-old resident of Kumpala to life imprisonment after sentencing him for the offence of murdering his wife by assaulting and poisoning her. III Additional District and Sessions Judge S. Sandhya passed the sentence order on Wednesday, March 12, against Joseph Francis Renson, resident of Edathil House, Chetana Nagara, Kumpala near here. The …

Suicide Note Doesn't Show Serious Fight Between Couple: Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Wife Accused Of Abetting Husband's Suicide
1 week, 4 days ago

Suicide Note Doesn't Show Serious Fight Between Couple: Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Wife Accused Of Abetting Husband's Suicide

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a wife accused of abetting the suicide of her husband, observing that no serious fight in the recent past has been shown in the alleged suicide note. The Court noted that prima facie, as per the alleged suicide note, the husband was perturbed with the unwarranted desire of the …

Person with severe stress who is accused of attempting suicide cannot be tried, says HC
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Person with severe stress who is accused of attempting suicide cannot be tried, says HC

The Hindu  

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has held that an accused who attempts suicide after committing a crime cannot be tried or punished not only for the offence of attempting suicide but also for any other offences committed unless it is proved that the accused is not having severe stress. The court observed that “Section 115 of the …

Threat Of False Criminal Case Does Not Gain Status Of Abetment To Suicide Without 'Positive Act' Pushing Victim To The Edge: Calcutta HC
1 month ago

Threat Of False Criminal Case Does Not Gain Status Of Abetment To Suicide Without 'Positive Act' Pushing Victim To The Edge: Calcutta HC

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The Calcutta High Court has held that a mere threat of implicating someone in a false criminal case, without any positive act that pushes the victim over the edge, would not be sufficient to attract the offence of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the IPC.Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee held: "There is no material against the petitioners of such …

Unnatural sex by husband not an offence, says Chhattisgarh High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Unnatural sex by husband not an offence, says Chhattisgarh High Court

The Hindu  

The Chhattisgarh High Court has said that sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his wife is not a rape and therefore, if any unnatural sex as defined under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is committed by the husband with his wife, then it too cannot treated as an offence. The court was hearing an appeal …

Wife Cannot Be Charged With Extortion For Seeking, Being Granted Maintenance By A Competent Court: Karnataka High Court
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Wife Cannot Be Charged With Extortion For Seeking, Being Granted Maintenance By A Competent Court: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has held that there cannot be an offence of extortion registered against the wife when she initiates proceedings for maintenance and the concerned Court grants maintenance amount to her. The bench said “In the considered view of the Court, there cannot be an offence of extortion when the wife initiates proceedings for maintenance and the concerned …

Allowing Compromise In Abetment To Suicide Case Is Against Rule Of Law As Victim Is Deceased And Cannot Give Consent: Punjab & Haryana HC
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Allowing Compromise In Abetment To Suicide Case Is Against Rule Of Law As Victim Is Deceased And Cannot Give Consent: Punjab & Haryana HC

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that allowing quashing of FIR for offence of abetting suicide on the basis of compromise is against rule of law, observing that the victim being deceased couldn't give consent and the crime has large implication on society.Justice Sumeet Goel said, "A settlement between the accused and the complainant, who merely initiated the …

Unfortunate That Age-Old Menace Of Dowry Death Still Exists In Society: Karnataka HC Declines To Quash Case Against Husband, In-Laws
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Unfortunate That Age-Old Menace Of Dowry Death Still Exists In Society: Karnataka HC Declines To Quash Case Against Husband, In-Laws

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has held that merely because the deceased had scribed that no one is responsible in the death note, a court, while relying on the same, cannot quash the proceedings initiated against husband and in-laws for charges of cruelty and dowry death. The bench said “It is rather unfortunate that the age-old menace of dowry death still …

‘Daddy, my wife is killing me’: Karnataka man alleges ‘harassment’ in suicide note
1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘Daddy, my wife is killing me’: Karnataka man alleges ‘harassment’ in suicide note

Live Mint  

A 40-year-old man in Hubballi of Karnataka died by suicide at his home, blaming his wife for the ‘harassment’. Petaru Gollapalli left a suicide note in which he blamed his wife, stating ‘my wife is killing me.’ The incident happened in Chamundeshwari Nagar in Hubballi on Sunday, January 26. In the suicide note, Petaru held his wife responsible for his …

Disapproving marriage not abetment of suicide: Supreme Court
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Disapproving marriage not abetment of suicide: Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has said that disapproving marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, PTI reported. A top court bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma observed while rejecting a chargesheet against a woman who was accused of abetting the suicide of another woman who was allegedly in love …

Disapproving marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide: Supreme Court
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Disapproving marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has said expressing disapproval for marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code. The court said even if all evidence on record, including the charge sheet and witness statements, are taken to be correct, there is not an iota of evidence against the appellant. Even if the appellant expressed …

Asking Son's Lover To End Life If She Can't Live Without Him Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Quashes Case Against Mother
2 months ago

Asking Son's Lover To End Life If She Can't Live Without Him Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Quashes Case Against Mother

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today quashed a criminal case for the offence of abetment to suicide against a woman for asking her son's lover to end her life if she could not live without him. The bench comprising Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice SC Sharma was hearing the case arising out of the Calcutta High Court's decision refusing to quash the …

'Abetment Of Suicide' Offence Can't Be Invoked Only To Assuage Feelings Of Family; High Time To Sensitise Police : Supreme Court
2 months ago

'Abetment Of Suicide' Offence Can't Be Invoked Only To Assuage Feelings Of Family; High Time To Sensitise Police : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday reminded investigating agencies and trial courts not to mechanically invoke the offence of abetment of suicide. "Section 306 IPC appears to be casually and too readily resorted to by the police," the Court said.The Court stated that the provision reminded investigating agencies and trial courts not to mechanically invoke the offence of abetment of suicide. …

Man's Refusal To Marry Woman After Break-Up Of Relationship Not Grounds To Book Him For Abetting Her Suicide: Bombay High Court
2 months ago

Man's Refusal To Marry Woman After Break-Up Of Relationship Not Grounds To Book Him For Abetting Her Suicide: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court bench at Nagpur on Wednesday held that just because a woman committed suicide after her 'long standing relationship' was broken up by the man, he cannot be booked for abetting her suicide. Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke discharged a man booked for abetting the suicide of a woman, with whom he was in a relationship for 9 years. …

Atul Subhash Suicide| 'Ingredients For Abetment Of Suicide Prima Facie Made Out' : Karnataka HC Refuses To Stay Investigation Against Wife
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Atul Subhash Suicide| 'Ingredients For Abetment Of Suicide Prima Facie Made Out' : Karnataka HC Refuses To Stay Investigation Against Wife

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Monday orally observed that it cannot quash the complaint filed against Nikita Singhania for allegedly abetting the suicide of her husband Atul Subhash, a Bangalore based techie, as prima facie ingredients of the offence are made out in the complaint. A single judge Justice S R Krishna Kumar refused to stay further investigation in the …

Why don’t you want probe: Karnataka HC rejects plea to quash FIR in Atul Subhash suicide case
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Why don’t you want probe: Karnataka HC rejects plea to quash FIR in Atul Subhash suicide case

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Karnataka High Court on Monday rejected the plea for quashing of FIR against Nikita Singhania in connection with the alleged suicide case of Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash. Subhash, an automobile company employee in Bengaluru had died by suicide over alleged torture and demand of Rs 3 crore by his wife Nikita Singhania for divorce settlement. The bench in disapproval …

Kolkata man granted divorce over 'imposition' of wife's friend, family on him
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kolkata man granted divorce over 'imposition' of wife's friend, family on him

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court has granted a divorce decree to a husband on the grounds of cruelty, which includes "imposition" of the wife’s friend and family on him and lodging of a false case of matrimonial cruelty by her. "Such imposition of friend and family of the respondent on the husband at his quarter against his will, sometimes even when …

[LIVE NOW] Demo Lecture For Judiciary Aspirants By LiveLaw Academy On 'Abetment Of Suicide And Attempt To Commit Suicide' By Vishalakshi Sathinathan
3 months ago

[LIVE NOW] Demo Lecture For Judiciary Aspirants By LiveLaw Academy On 'Abetment Of Suicide And Attempt To Commit Suicide' By Vishalakshi Sathinathan

Live Law  

Abetment of suicide Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code provides that whoever abets the commission of suicide of another person, he/she shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding ten years and shall also be liable to fine Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provides that if any person commits suicide, whoever abets …

Husband's Girlfriend Or Romantic Partner Can't Be Made Accused In S.498A IPC Case : Supreme Court
3 months, 1 week ago

Husband's Girlfriend Or Romantic Partner Can't Be Made Accused In S.498A IPC Case : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court held that a criminal case for cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code cannot be sustained against a woman with whom the husband had an extra-marital affair. Holding so, a bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan quashed a criminal case against a woman who was named as an accused on the allegation …

Husband's Girlfriend Or Romantic Partner Can't Be Made Accused In S.498A IPC Case : Supreme Court
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3 months, 1 week ago

Husband's Girlfriend Or Romantic Partner Can't Be Made Accused In S.498A IPC Case : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court held that a criminal case for cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code cannot be sustained against a woman with whom the husband had an extra-marital affair. Holding so, a bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan quashed a criminal case against a woman who was named as an accused on the allegation …

"Vague Allegations": Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Man Accused Of Abetting Wife's Suicide Over Dowry Demand
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3 months, 1 week ago

"Vague Allegations": Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Man Accused Of Abetting Wife's Suicide Over Dowry Demand

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a case for abetment of suicide against a man who was accused of abetting his wife's suicide after 15 years of marriage, over the demand of dowry. In quashing the case against the accused, the court noted: "It appears from the record that the sister of defacto complaint/opposite party no.2 committed suicide after 14 …

Mere Harassment Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Discharges Husband In Wife's Suicide Case
3 months, 1 week ago

Mere Harassment Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Discharges Husband In Wife's Suicide Case

Live Law  

Mere harassment is not sufficient to hold an accused guilty of abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, held the Supreme Court while discharging a husband in a case related to the suicide of his wife. "Mere allegations of harassment are not enough unless the accused's actions were so compelling that the victim perceived no alternative …

Mere Harassment Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Discharges Husband In Wife's Suicide Case
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3 months, 1 week ago

Mere Harassment Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Discharges Husband In Wife's Suicide Case

Live Law  

Mere harassment is not sufficient to hold an accused guilty of abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, held the Supreme Court while discharging a husband in a case related to the suicide of his wife. "Mere allegations of harassment are not enough unless the accused's actions were so compelling that the victim perceived no alternative …

Merely Because Wife Didn't File Complaint Under S.498A IPC For Many Years Doesn't Mean There Was No Cruelty By Husband : Supreme Court
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3 months, 1 week ago

Merely Because Wife Didn't File Complaint Under S.498A IPC For Many Years Doesn't Mean There Was No Cruelty By Husband : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The fact that a wife did not make any complaint regarding cruelty for many years would not make a complaint under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code unsustainable, held the Supreme Court while rejecting the plea of a husband for discharge. The Supreme Court noted that there were sufficient averments in the complaint to the effect that the wife …

Karnataka High Court Quashes Rape Case Against Fiance Who Absconded After Engagement Upon Being Booked In An NDPS Case
3 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka High Court Quashes Rape Case Against Fiance Who Absconded After Engagement Upon Being Booked In An NDPS Case

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court quashed a rape case registered by a woman against her fiance–who had absconded post their engagement after he was booked in a case under the NDPS Act–noting that the complainant's statement that she did not want to pursue the case further. The court after going through the records said, "After the registration of the crime in …

Women should not misuse cruelty law for ‘personal vendetta’ against husbands: Supreme Court
3 months, 1 week ago

Women should not misuse cruelty law for ‘personal vendetta’ against husbands: Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

Amid outrage over the death by suicide of a Bengaluru-based techie due to alleged harassment by his wife and in-laws, the Supreme Court, in a separate case, warned against the misuse of the cruelty law in marital dispute cases lodged by women against their husbands. The Supreme Court of India The cruelty law cannot be misused as a “personal tool …

False Promise To Marry: Karnataka High Court Quashes Rape Case By Married Woman Who Projected Herself To Be Divorced On Dating App
3 months, 2 weeks ago

False Promise To Marry: Karnataka High Court Quashes Rape Case By Married Woman Who Projected Herself To Be Divorced On Dating App

Live Law  

Observing that “there cannot be promise of marriage held on to a lady, who was already married,” the Karnataka High Court quashed a rape case registered against a man by a woman whom he met on 'bumble app' where the woman had in her profile projected herself to be a divorced lady. The complainant was already married and had projected …

Break-ups not abetment of suicide by default, says SC
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Break-ups not abetment of suicide by default, says SC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Emotionally distressing broken relationships do not automatically amount to abetment of suicide unless there is clear intention linked to the criminal offence, the Supreme Court has observed. “This is a case of a broken relationship, not criminal conduct,” a two-judge bench of the apex court, led by Justice Pankaj Mithal, and also comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, said, in …

Refusal to marry isn’t an abetment to suicide, heartbreaks are part of life: SC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Refusal to marry isn’t an abetment to suicide, heartbreaks are part of life: SC

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that refusal to marry, even if preceded by a relationship or promises of marriage, cannot be construed as abetment to suicide under the penal law of the land. The Supreme Court verdict came on a case in which a 21-year-old woman consumed poison after her boyfriend refused to marry her in 200 Emphasising the …

S. 306 IPC | Simple Refusal To Marry Not Abetment To Suicide : Supreme Court
3 months, 3 weeks ago

S. 306 IPC | Simple Refusal To Marry Not Abetment To Suicide : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today set aside the conviction of a man who was charged with the offence of abetment to suicide because his lover committed suicide upon his refusal to marry her. The bench comprising Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that simple refusal to marry someone would not amount to instigation to commit suicide. “Even assuming, though …

Broken relationships don't inherently amount to abetment of suicide: Supreme Court
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Broken relationships don't inherently amount to abetment of suicide: Supreme Court

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday said that broken relationships, while emotionally difficult, do not necessarily amount to abetment of suicide unless there is evidence of intent to commit a criminal act. A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Ujjal Bhuyan overturned the Karnataka High Court's conviction of Kamaruddin Dastagir Sanadi, who had been sentenced to five years in prison for …

HC: Wife can’t be made co-accused just for staying with accused husband
4 months, 1 week ago

HC: Wife can’t be made co-accused just for staying with accused husband

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court said when there is not even a single allegation of the involvement of the wife of the accused in the manufacturing and storing of spurious liquor, she cannot be brought in as co-accused merely because she was staying with the husband. Justice M Nagaprasanna made these observations while dismissing the petition filed by complainant R …

Not Allowing Daughter-In-Law To Watch TV, Meet Neighbours, Go To Temple Alone & Making Her Sleep On Carpet Is Not Cruelty: Bombay High Court
4 months, 1 week ago

Not Allowing Daughter-In-Law To Watch TV, Meet Neighbours, Go To Temple Alone & Making Her Sleep On Carpet Is Not Cruelty: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

Quashing a 20-year-old order convicting a man and his family for cruelty towards his deceased wife, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court said that the allegations of taunting the deceased, not allowing her to watch TV, not allowing her to go alone to the temple and making her sleep on a carpet would not constitute the offence of …

Wife Can't Be Made Co-Accused Merely For Staying With Husband Who Is Involved In Crime, Stronger Evidence Needed U/S 319 CrPC: Karnataka HC
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Wife Can't Be Made Co-Accused Merely For Staying With Husband Who Is Involved In Crime, Stronger Evidence Needed U/S 319 CrPC: Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has said that an application under Section 319 of the Criminal Procedure Code 1973, which provides to bring in another person accused in the case cannot be exercised at a pre-trial stage. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed the petition filed by one R K Bhat who is the complainant in the case …

Cruelty And Abetment To Suicide Are Distinct Offences, Acquittal Under One Will Not 'Necessarily Lead' To Acquittal In The Other: Kerala HC
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Cruelty And Abetment To Suicide Are Distinct Offences, Acquittal Under One Will Not 'Necessarily Lead' To Acquittal In The Other: Kerala HC

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently observed that while marriage is an essential ingredient to attract the offence of cruelty punishable under IPC Section 498A, however for abetment to suicide under IPC Section 306 there need not be any relationship between the "accused and the victim". In observing so, the high court set aside the man's conviction for cruelty under Section …

Wife Threatening To Commit Suicide, Filing False Dowry Harassment Case Would Amount To Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Wife Threatening To Commit Suicide, Filing False Dowry Harassment Case Would Amount To Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court

Live Law  

Granting divorce to a husband, the Madras High Court recently observed that a wife threatening to commit suicide would amount to cruelty. The court also noted that the wife had filed false dowry harassment case against the husband and his family which had tarnished the family's image. The court thus noted that the wife had used the false dowry harassment …

Rajasthan High Court Grants Bail To Husband Noting That His Extra-Marital Affair Would 'Per Se' Not Attract Abetment Of Wife's Suicide
6 months ago

Rajasthan High Court Grants Bail To Husband Noting That His Extra-Marital Affair Would 'Per Se' Not Attract Abetment Of Wife's Suicide

Live Law  

Extra-marital relationship, per se or as such, would not come within the ambit of abetment. To explicate, solely because the husband is involved in an extra-marital relationship and there is some suspicion in the mind of wife, that cannot be regarded as abetment for satisfying the ingredients of Section 306 IPC. After considering the facts of the case, a single …

[S.306 IPC] Prosecution For Allegedly Instigating Wife To Commit Suicide Can't Be Quashed After Filing Chargesheet: Karnataka High Court
6 months, 3 weeks ago

[S.306 IPC] Prosecution For Allegedly Instigating Wife To Commit Suicide Can't Be Quashed After Filing Chargesheet: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has held instigation or otherwise by a husband for the commission of suicide of the wife can only be deciphered in a full-blown trial after recording evidence. Instigation or otherwise of a husband for commission of suicide of the wife can only be deciphered in a full blown trial.” As per the prosecution case, the couple …

Abused Partner With Criminal Intention, Said That Even If She Committed Suicide He Will Face Court: Karnataka HC Declines Relief To Man Booked U/S 306 IPC
7 months, 1 week ago

Abused Partner With Criminal Intention, Said That Even If She Committed Suicide He Will Face Court: Karnataka HC Declines Relief To Man Booked U/S 306 IPC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by an accused who sought to quash the prosecution initiated against him after a woman with whom he was in a relationship, committed suicide by hanging herself after he refused to marry her. It said “Once a statement were given in respect of the love affairs, death note and CDR prior …

Karnataka High Court gives liberty to man to prosecute wife for making false charge of offences against him
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court gives liberty to man to prosecute wife for making false charge of offences against him

The Hindu  

In a rare instance, the High Court of Karnataka has given liberty to a 35-year-old man to initiate proceedings against his wife for malicious prosecution or proceedings under Section 211 of the Indian Penal Code for making the false charge of offences, including the offence of dowry harassment, against him. However, the court, from the records, found that the “documents …

Prosecution Must Prove Continuous Harassment And Proximate Act For Securing Conviction Of Abetment To Suicide: J&K High Court
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Prosecution Must Prove Continuous Harassment And Proximate Act For Securing Conviction Of Abetment To Suicide: J&K High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that for a conviction on charges of abetment to suicide, the prosecution must establish not just continuous harassment but also a clear and proximate act by the accused that demonstrably pushed the victim to take their own life. In dismissing a criminal appeal challenging the acquittal of a man accused …

Murder Conviction & Life Imprisonment Of Husband Ground For Divorce On Account Of Mental Cruelty: Madhya Pradesh High Court
9 months, 1 week ago

Murder Conviction & Life Imprisonment Of Husband Ground For Divorce On Account Of Mental Cruelty: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Live Law  

Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the factum of a husband sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case can be grounds for divorce on account of 'mental cruelty' to the wife. “…Therefore, the conviction of the husband under Section 302 of IPC and sentence of life imprisonment amounts to mental cruelty towards the wife which entails her getting …

Husband arrested after wife’s suicide in dowry case
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Husband arrested after wife’s suicide in dowry case

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Trombay police have taken a husband into custody on suspicions of dowry-related death after his wife died by suicide at their residence in Trombay. The victim’s mother alleged that her husband used to beat her often for money whenever he came home under the influence of alcohol. HT Image According to authorities, the FIR stemmed from a statement …

Unfounded Allegation On Character Of Spouse Is Cruelty, Can Be Grounds For Dissolution Of Marriage: Karnataka High Court
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Unfounded Allegation On Character Of Spouse Is Cruelty, Can Be Grounds For Dissolution Of Marriage: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court recently allowed an appeal filed by a woman challenging the order of the trial court dismissing her petition seeking divorce and held that unfounded allegation on the character of a spouse causes mental cruelty and can be a ground for dissolution of marriage. It was stated that three years after the marriage, the respondent started torturing …

Woman can't be held accountable if lover dies by suicide due to ‘love failure’: Delhi High Court
11 months ago

Woman can't be held accountable if lover dies by suicide due to ‘love failure’: Delhi High Court

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court observed that if a “lover” dies by suicide due to “love failure”, then the woman cannot be held accountable for abetting the man’s suicide while granting pre-arrest bail to two persons in an abetment of suicide case. A single-judge bench of Justice Amit Mahajan, in its April 16 order, held, "If a lover commits …

Trial Court Cannot Morally Convict Accused In Absence Of Legal Proof: Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Murder Conviction, Life Sentence
11 months ago

Trial Court Cannot Morally Convict Accused In Absence Of Legal Proof: Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Murder Conviction, Life Sentence

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has set aside the murder conviction and life sentence imposed on three accused of setting ablaze a woman. Citing prosecution's failure to establish its case beyond reasonable doubt, a Division bench of Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar and Justice S Rachaiah remarked, “It appears that the trial court has morally convicted the accused in the absence of …

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