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Purshottam Dubey and ors. Vs. State of Bihar and anr.

Court : Jharkhand

Reported in : 2005(2)BLJR909; I(2005)DMC549; [2005(3)JCR456(Jhr)]

..... , the prayer is rejected. however, petitioner's advocate submitted that in this case cognizance has also been taken under sections 3 and 4 of the dowry prohibition act besides other sections of the penal code. so far as dowry prohibition act is concerned, sanction is must and that has not been obtained. counsel for the opposite party submitted that sanction may be obtained subsequently also. however ..... by amendment made in the year 1984 by central government,the provision for obtaining sanction was deleted but bihar government had madean amendment in dowry prohibition act, 1976, whereby provision was madethat for prosecution under section 4 of the dowry prohibition act, sanction isrequired but in the instant case no sanction has been obtained. in this connectionlearned counsel cited a number of case laws such as .....

Sanjay Kumar Shrivastava Vs. the State of Jharkhand

Court : Jharkhand

Reported in : 2004(3)BLJR2029

..... in connection with sadar (town) p.s. case no. 372 of 1997, which has been registered under sections 498a, 323 & 504, ipc and under sections 3 and 4 of the dowry prohibition act. from the fir, it appears that the informant, wife of the accused petitioner herein, alleged that her husband and her in-laws named in the fir started torturing her due ..... to non-fulfillment of their demand of dowry.3. the petitioner filed application before this court for grant of anticipatory bail vide a.b.a no. 5410 of 2001 after the prayer was refused by the sessions judge .....

Ram Sahay Mahto, Vs. the State of Bihar

Court : Jharkhand

Reported in : 2007(2)BLJR1779; II(2007)DMC494; [2007(4)JCR536(Jhr)]

..... daughter of the informant fula devi.4. the charges were framed against the appellant herein for the offence under section 304b/34, 201/34 i.p.c and not under dowry prohibition act. after framing of charge as many as 7 witnesses were produced and examined on behalf of the prosecution. besides, the prosecution proved the postmortem report ext. 1, the ..... .c. against all the three appellants. the police after investigation submitted charge-sheet against them for the said offence as well as under sections 3 and 4 of the dowry prohibition act.3. it is relevant to mention that the f.i.r. was lodged on 8.8.97 but skeleton was recovered on 13.8.97 from the bank of ..... finding of the trial court a presumption was raised against the appellant under section 113b of the indian evidence act which reads as follows:113b. presumption as to dowry death.- when the question is whether a person has committed the dowry death of a woman and it is shown that soon before her death such woman had been subjected by .....

Sarfaraj khan @ sarpharaj khan Vs. State of jharkhan ...

Court : Jharkhand

1. it is submitted that the petitionerhusband is in jail for about 10 months in connection with this case, registered under sections 498a and 323 ipc and section 3 / 4 of the dowry prohibition act. 2. counsel for the informant opposes the prayer for bail. 3. in the circumstances, the petitioner, named above, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of rs. 10,000/ (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the chief judicial magistrate, palamau in connection with haidar nagar p.s. case no. 60 of 2010, corresponding to g.r. no. 1543 of 2010.

Vinay Kumar Mishra and ors. Vs. State of Jharkhand and anr.

Court : Jharkhand

Reported in : 2005(1)BLJR725; 2005CriLJ2830; [2005(2)JCR328(Jhr)]

..... p.s. case no. 002 of 1992 was registered under sections 419, 420 and 498-a of the indian penal code, as well as under sections 3/4 of the dowry prohibition act against the petitioners. the aforesaid case was tried and by judgment dated 09.07.1996 (annexure-2), the learned . sub-divisional judicial magistrate acquitted the accused persons i.e. the .....

Jairam Singh, Vs. the State of Jharkhand

Court : Jharkhand

Reported in : [2006(4)JCR654(Jhr)]

..... he has lodged this written report. baghbera police registered baghbera p.s. case no. 01 of 1997 under section 498a, 304b and 3/4 of the dowry prohibition act against all the appellants and started investigation of the case. the police finally submitted charge sheet against all the appellants and arrested the appellants. the case was ..... obvious reasons. the circumstances on record shows that punam died in unnatural circumstances within seven years of her marriage and the prosecution has made serious allegations regarding dowry demands and torture for the same. however, this fact has not been supported in the court and the learned lower court after considering the circumstances acquitted ..... against all the appellants accordingly on 5.3.1999. the trial court after examining the witnesses came to the conclusion that the prosecution could not prove the dowry demands and torture as well as death of punam under section 304b of the indian penal code. the learned lower court has however, held that the .....

Ram Nandan JhA. Vs. the State of Jharkhand Ansd ors.

Court : Jharkhand Ranchi

..... found a prima facie case and directed the processes to be issued against the o.p.no.2- bibhuti bhushan jha for the offence under section 3 of the dowry prohibition act.3. mr. b.m.tripathy, learned sr. counsel, appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the learned additional judicial commissioner, ranchi without appreciating the materials ..... order taking cognizance dated 29.06.2009 passed by shri m.k.tripathy, judicial magistrate, 1st class, ranchi for the alleged offence under section 3 of the dowry prohibition act in complaint case no. 2806 of 2008 was set aside and the criminal revision was allowed.2. the prosecution story in short was that the petitioner-complainant ..... court is of the considered view that learned trial court has erred in law by not extending the benefit of section 7(3) of the d.p. act 1961 to the petitioner/revisioner while extending the same benefit to his daughter and other family members, even after they were made accused in the same complaint petition and .....

Suresh Prasad Sao Vs. State of Bihar (Now Jharkhand)

Court : Jharkhand

Reported in : II(2003)DMC662

..... co-relation with the marriage of the appellant with the deceased and this demand does not fall within the ambit of the definition of dowry as defined under section 2 of the dowry prohibition act, 1961.the said demand of rs. 10,000/- for prosecuting the b.sc. studies of the appellant has definitely no nexus with the marriage ..... 000/- for prosecuting the study of the appellant for b.sc. as alleged by the prosecution does not at all fall within ambit of dowry as defined in section 2 of the dowry prohibition act, 1961. elucidating further it has been submitted that the medical witness conducting the post-mortem examination on the dead body of the deceased has not ..... and the husband or his relatives shall be deemed to have caused her death. section 2 of the dowry prohibition act defines 'dowry' which is quoted below :2. definition of dowry'.- in this act, 'dowry' means any property or valuable . security given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly-(a) by one party to a marriage to .....

Laxman Prajapati and ors. Vs. the State of Jharkhand and Tekani Devi

Court : Jharkhand

Reported in : 2008(56)BLJR2480; [2008(4)JCR137(Jhr)]

..... was found during the enquiry under section 202 cr.p.c. for the alleged offence under sections 3, 4 of the dowry prohibition act and therefore, no cognizance of the offence under sections 3, 4 of the dowry prohibition act was taken against the petitioners.6. it is evidently clear the other petitioners except petitioner no. 1 laxman prajapati, who ..... within territorial jurisdiction of hazaribagh and after completion of saradh ceremony she was refused by her husband to go to her matrimonial home unless due amount of dowry was paid to him. however, on 14.12.2002 the complainant/opposite party no. 2 went to her matrimonial home with her cousin brother and minor ..... where she delivered two female children after interval. it was alleged that the petitioners started perpetrating torture mental and physical and also neglecting her by demanding the dowry amount which was due on the eve of marriage of the complainant/opposite party no. 2. it was threatened that the husband of the complainant/opposite .....

Kamla Devi Vs. State of Jharkhand

Court : Jharkhand

Reported in : 2005CriLJ3063; I(2005)DMC877; [2005(1)JCR389(Jhr)]

..... such husband or relative shall be deemed to have caused her death.explanation.-for the purpose of this sub-section, 'dowry' shall have the same meaning as in section 2, of the dowry prohibition act, 1961 (28 of 1961).(2) whoever commits dowry death shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to ..... being adityapur (r.i.t.) p.s. case no. 184 of 2004 under section 304b of the indian penal code and under sections 3 and 4 of the dowry prohibition act.3. it is submitted that the petitioner kamla devi was taken into custody on 23.8.2004 but charge-sheet was not submitted even after expiry of statutory period of ..... is to be awarded is seven years, not less than seven years. in this connection, he referred to section 304b, ipc which is quoted herein-below :-'304-b, dowry death.-(1) where the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage and .....