Category-wise legal articles and resources.
Punjab and Haryana High Court granted bail to a wife accused of abetment to suicide after her husband was found dead in a canal following a marital dispute. The Court held that abetment to suicide cannot be presumed from mere harassment allegations and requires clear evidence of intent and mens rea. CHANDIGARH: In a caseâŚ
A Nadiad sessions court sentenced a married woman to five years in jail for abetting the suicide of a young man she was in a relationship with. The court found that she, along with others, mentally harassed and extorted money from the victim, pushing him to take his life. GUJARAT: A sessions court in KhedaâŚ
Gujarat High Court ruled that refusing a daughter-in-law permission to accompany her in-laws to a temple is not âcrueltyâ under Section 498A IPC. The Court upheld the acquittal in a 498A, 306, 304B dowry-death case, holding that the incident was just normal matrimonial wear-and-tear. Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court upheld the acquittal of a husbandâŚ
The Calcutta High Court Acquits a mother-in-law and brother-in-law in a False 498A case after finding contradictions in the familyâs statements and no reliable proof of cruelty. Hostile neighbours and missing evidence further weakened the prosecution. WEST BENGAL: The Calcutta High Court overturned the conviction of a mother-in-law and brother-in-law who were earlier sentenced forâŚ
Pune: A sessions court in the city convicted and sentenced the wife and mother-in-law of Chinchwad resident Dipak Chaudhari to seven yearsâ rigorous imprisonment for abetting Husbandâs Suicide on Nov 24, 2015. Additional Sessions Judge A I Perampalli also imposed a Rs 25,000 fine each on convicts Komal Dipak Chaudhari and her mother, Shalini KrishnaâŚ
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