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Tapan Kar and ors. Vs. State of West Bengal

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : 2008(1)CHN532

..... court see shanti v. state of haryana : 1991crilj1713 ; pawan kumar v. state of haryana (supra). demand of dowry may not be in writing or in the form of agreement in each case. demand of dowry may be oral also. the dowry prohibition act, 1961 was enacted to check dowry deaths which were continuing despite the then prevailing laws. the object was not achieved and there were amendments ..... by amending various provisions of the said act and the related provisions under the indian penal code and the evidence .....

Rabeya Bibi and ors. Vs. the State of West Bengal

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : (2000)3CALLT460(HC),II(2001)DMC198

..... that after necessary investigation the police submitted a charge-sheet against the three accused-petitioners under sections 498a and 323 ipc and also under sections 3 and 4 or the dowry' prohibitions act on 19-8-96 and that the said case is now lying pending before the learned sdjm, cental. it also appears from record that a talaknama was executed by ..... of 1996 arising out of bhupatlnagore p.s. case no.21 of 1996 dated 12.4.96 under sections 498a and 323 ipc read with sections 3 and 4 of dowry prohibitions act should be quashed or not.4. at the time of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners vehemently submitted that the instant criminal proceeding was out and out a concocted ..... a story of torture on her by the petitioners and lodged a written fir against the petitioners under sections 498a and 323 1pc and sections 3 and 4 of the dowry prohibitions act, which gave rise to bhupatlnagore p.s. case no.21 of 1996 dated 12.4.96. hence the case for quashing the said p.s. case, and the entire .....

Suresh Hazra Vs. State of West Bengal

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : 2007(3)CHN244,2007CriLJ1321

..... not been defined in section 304b of the i. p.c. its definition has been provided in section 2 of the dowry prohibition act, 1961 wherein it has been held that the 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 the other party to ..... victim was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or by relatives of her husband, (2) whether cruelty or harassment was for or in connection with demand for dowry or not and (c) whether such cruelty or harassment was meted out to the victim soon before her death fall for consideration. having considered the evidence in details we ..... 498a i. p.c. holding that the victim was visited with cruelty on demand of money. it is not the case of the prosecution that independent of demand of dowry the victim for some other reasons or no reason was subjected to cruelty. mr. asimeshgoswami, learned additional public prosecutor for the state argued that with regard to the charge .....

Shankar Prasad Shaw and ors. Vs. State and anr.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : 1991CriLJ639,I(1992)DMC30

..... rajkhowa, j.1. in this criminal revision, the petitioners have prayed for quashing the proceeding in case no. c. 1249 of 1984 under section 4 of the dowry prohibition act of 1961 read with section 120b of the indian penal code pending before the metropolitan magistrate, 12th court, calcutta.2. the facts of the proceeding in brief are as follows ..... house unless their demands were met. under the circumstances, the complainant filed a complaint case against the opposite parties earlier under section 4 of the dowry prohibition act, hereinafter; referred to as the act, after obtaining the sanction from the director, social welfare department, govt. of west bengal. but the case was compromised on 17.2.83 and ..... to meet such demand'. in my opinion, if the cases of this nature are to be brought within the ambit of section 4 of act, then the word 'dowry' under section 2 of the act shall have to be redefined in the light of sub-clause (b) under section 498a of the indian penal code. the term 'extortion .....

Sayed NasiruddIn Vs. State of West Bengal and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : 2008(1)CHN1066

..... their totality it cannot be said that the victim did not die a dowry death. it is well-settled that demand of money after solemftization of marriage also comes within the purview of definition of dowry as provided in section 2 of the dowry prohibition act, 1961. it is fairly established that soon before her death the victim was subjected ..... to cruelty or harassment and that too in connection with the demand of dowry. the victim reported the demand of dowry to her mother when she came to ..... also yashoda v. state of madhya pradesh : (2004)3scc98 , there must be existence of a proximate and live-link between the effect of cruelty based on dowry demand and the concerned death. if alleged incident of cruelty is remote in time and has become stale enough not to disturb mental equilibrium of the woman concerned, .....

Madhusudan Pal Vs. the State of West Bengal and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : (1998)1CALLT20(HC),I(1998)DMC616

..... initiated by the opposite party no.2 is one under section 498a, 120b. 406 read section 109 of the code of criminal procedure and under sections 3 & 4 dowry prohibition act. in accordance with the provisions of section 167(5) of the code of criminal procedure as amended in its application to west bengal the investigation of the case should ..... residing at calcutta. in the fir it was alleged that the petitioner and other inmates of his house used to torture the opposite party no.2 demanding more dowry causing relationship between the parties very much, strained and ultimately the opposite party no.2 had to go back to her father's place on the 10th day ..... be done in accordance with the rules and procedures followed in the respective officer and in the absence of a positive proof affecting the genuineness of an official act the said presumption cannot be rebutted. the law requires that investigation is to be completed and once it is found that investigation is complete within the specified period .....

Abhijit Bhattacharjee Vs. State of West Bengal and ors.

Court : Kolkata

..... connection with jadavpur p.s. case no. 285 dated 12.09.2002 under section 498a/34 of i.p.c. and 3 & 4 of dowry prohibition act on an allegation that sri abhijit bhattacharya was allegedly misbehaving with his wife smt. pratiksha bhattacharya often inflicting ill- treatment and subjecting her to cruelty and ..... j.u. be placed under suspension with immediate effect in accordance with statute 114(1)(b) of jadavpur university first statutes, 1982 under the jadavpur university act, 1981 since a criminal investigation is pending against him for alleged commission of criminal offence.during the period of suspension, sri abhijit bhattacharya, jr. assistant ..... jadavpur university, shall be entitled to a subsistence allowance in accordance with statute 114(2)(d) of jadavpur university first statutes, 1982 under the jadavpur university act, 1981 (as amended up to date).sd/-(r. bandyopadhyay)registrar & disciplinary authority.11. while the appellant was under suspension another letter dated 25th/28th march .....

Chandra Sekhar Prasad Sinha Vs. the State of West Bengal and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : (2006)3CALLT631(HC)

..... wife indu devi lodged a complaint against the petitioner under section 498a and section 379 of the indian penal code and also sections 3 and 4 of the dowry prohibition act, 1961.4. the petitioner was arrested on 8th november, 1999 when the petitioner visited his native village and detained in custody from 9th november, 1999 till his ..... case being case no. 72 of 1999 under sections 498a/379, 323, 504, 506, 497, 120b of the indian penal code and 3/4 of the dowry prohibition act was started in the learned court of chief judicial magistrate of chapra with reference bhagwan bazar p.s. case no. 72/99.11. the averments in paragraph 5 ..... application, the secretary, west bengal board of secondary education informed the petitioner that the committee constituted under section 24 of the west bengal board of secondary education act, 1963 had decided that the suspension order against the petitioner should continue. being aggrieved by the said decision of the west bengal board of secondary education, the .....

Amitava Bhattacharjee Vs. Indian Statistical Institute and ors.

Court : Kolkata

..... airport police station case no. 199 of 2009 was started against the petitioner under ss. 498 a/302/34 of the indian penal code and 3 / 4 of the dowry prohibition act. 3. on october 27, the petitioner was arrested in connection with the above case. his prayer for bail was rejected. 4. on november 16, 2009 the respondent no. ..... that it had come to their knowledge that after the completion of the investigation a charge sheet has been submitted and in that no allegation of murder or dowry death was brought home against him. they seemed to have expressed their helplessness in the matter of lifting the order of suspension as there is no specific provision ..... in keeping an employee in suspension during this entire period, more so when the charges alleged against him do not directly or indirectly relate to any of his acts in connection with his place of work. 16. the situation might have been different if the relevant service rules had contemplated a deeming provision of suspension which usually .....

Anuradha Khemka Nee Bansal Vs. Sudarshan Kumar Khemka and anr.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : 2005(3)CHN179

..... lake town police station case no. 320 dated 20.12.2004 under sections 417, 420, 354, 498a, 406 and 120b of the indian penal code + sections 3 and 4 the dowry prohibition act.2. learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the interim bail granted by the learned magistrate was passed on a holiday remand on the ground that ..... by the petitioner herself denying the gravity of the health condition of the opposite party no. 1 and she also disputed the ailment of the opposite party no. 2.11. acting on the basis of the application for cancellation fled by the petitioner this court stayed the order dated 21.1.2005 and fixed the matter to appear as an application .....