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 …
INTRODUCTION The curial act of "taking cognizance of an offence" has baffled the Bench and the Bar alike mainly due to the fact that the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has not chosen to define the said expression although we find the said expression used in various provisions in the Cr.P.C. We have come across loose expressions such as "the …
