Judgment Search Results Home > Cases Phrase: dowry prohibition act 1961 section 4 penalty for demanding dowry Page 7 of about 6,160 results (0.245 seconds)

K.R. Soorachari Vs. State of Karnataka

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2005SC2674; 2005CriLJ3082; I(2005)DMC850SC; [2005(3)JCR89(SC)]; JT2005(5)SC252; 2005(4)KarLJ444; (2005)11SCC214

..... a finding ignoring relevant evidence can not be sustained even in an appeal against acquittal.10. we, therefore, find that the conviction of the appellant under the dowry prohibition act is fully justified. we, therefore, set aside the conviction of the appellant under section 498a ipc but affirm his conviction and sentence under sections 3, 4 and ..... court as also by the high court. the high court has come to the conclusion that the evidence of these witnesses conclusively proves the offences under the dowry prohibition act, and the trial court really gave no cogent reason for disbelieving these witnesses and acquitting the appellant.8. the trial court has considered the evidence on ..... connect the appellant with the offence under section 498a ipc. he also submitted that so far as the offences under sections 3, 4 and 6 of the dowry prohibition act are concerned, the high court was not justified in setting aside the finding of fact recorded by the trial court in favour of the appellant. we have .....

Hira Lal and ors. Vs. State (Govt. of Nct) Delhi

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2003SC2865; 2003(2)ALD(Cri)184; 2003CriLJ3711; 105(2003)DLT705(SC); II(2003)DMC206SC; 2003(69)DRJ714; JT2003(7)SC596; RLW2003(4)SC541; 2003(5)SCALE445; (2003)8SCC80; 200

..... a woman committed suicide within a period of seven years from the date of marriage.12. section 2 of the dowry prohibition act, 1961 (in short 'dowry act') defines 'dowry' as under:-section 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 ..... relative shall be deemed to have caused her death.explanation - for the purpose of this sub-section 'dowry' shall have 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 ..... perpetrating a terrorism which destroys matrimonial home. the terrorist is dowry, and it is spreading tentacles in every possible direction.2. with a view to curb the spiralling number of cases where demand for dowry leads to loss of life. dowry prohibition (amendment) act 1986 brought about sweeping change sin the penal statutes, and .....

Appasaheb and anr. Vs. State of Maharashtra

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2007SC763; I(2007)DMC143SC; 2007(1)MPHT209(SC); RLW2007(3)SC1770; 2007(1)SCALE50; (2007)9SCC721; 2007AIRSCW456; (2007)3SCC(Cri)468(SC); (2007)1Crimes110; 2007(1)LawHerald(SC)346; 2007(2)KCCRSN47; 2007(2)AIRKarR82.;

..... any relative of her husband for, or in connection with, any demand for 'dowry'. the explanation appended to sub-section (1) of section 304b ipc says that 'dowry' shall have the same meaning as in section 2 of dowry prohibition act, 1961.section 2 of dowry prohibition act reads as under :2. definition of 'dowry' - in this act 'dowry' means any properly or valuable security given or agreed to be given either ..... the said word is normally understood. the evidence adduced by the prosecution does not, therefore, show that any demand for 'dowry' as defined in section 2 of the dowry prohibition act was made by the appellants as what was allegedly asked for was some money for meeting domestic expenses and for purchasing manure. since an essential ingredient of section 304b ipc .....

Narayanamurthy Vs. State of Karnataka and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2008SC2377; II(2008)DMC232SC; JT2008(6)SC466; 2008(6)KarLJ177; 2008(7)SCALE673; 2008AIRSCW3931; 2008(3)AICLR263; 2008(4)Supreme228; 2008(4)LH(SC)2566; 2008(3)KCCRSN190; 2008(4)AIRKarR314

..... were tried by the learned iii additional sessions judge, bangalore city, under sections 498a and 304b of ipc and sections 3, 4 and 6 of the dowry prohibition act, 1961 [for short `dp act']. during the pendency of trial, a-2 died. the learned trial judge found the evidence of prosecution witnesses insufficient and lacking for holding a-1 and ..... shivabhushanamma (a-3), for the offences under sections 498a and 304b of the indian penal code [for short `ipc'] and sections 3, 4 and 6 of the dowry prohibition act, 1961, has been allowed in part and a-1 has been convicted and sentenced under section 498a and section 304b, ipc.3. in all, three accused persons, namely, ..... 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 .....

K.M. Anees-ul-haq and ors. Vs. State and anr.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 128(2006)DLT773; I(2006)DMC641NULL; 2006(88)DRJ455

..... as the fraud punishable under section 420 ipc & offences under sections 3 & 4 of dowry prohibition act are concerned, no limitation is prescribed under section 468 of cr.p.c. so far as section 406 is concerned, the offence takes place only when the entrusted ..... is punishable with 3 years of imprisonment. the offences under sections 3 & 4 of dowry prohibition act are punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years & six months respectively, except for adequate and special reasons. so far ..... as boy muneeb never had the intention of performing any such marriage. thus, three offences have been made out, namely, under sections 3 & 4 of dowry prohibition act and under sections 406 & 420 of ipc. the offence under section 420 ipc is punishable with 7 years of imprisonment whereas the offence under section 406 ipc .....

Boopathy and Another Vs. State, by Inspector of Police, Erode

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 1998(1)ALT(Cri)436; 1998CriLJ2405; I(1999)DMC491

..... government advocate on the criminal side comes handy to decide against the accused. honourable supreme court of india in that case, after extracting the definition of dowry as defined in the dowry prohibition act, went on to state as follows :- 'despite the aforesaid definition having stated that the property or valuable security given or agreed to be given has ..... then the accused can be held guilty for the offences under section 498-a of i.p.c. as far as the offence under section 4 of the dowry prohibition act is concerned, the learned government advocate would state that irrespective of the time namely whether before marriage or at the time of marriage or after the marriage, if ..... on the criminal side for the respondent. the learned counsel for the revision petitioners contended that on the materials placed before the court, neither the offence under the dowry prohibition act nor the offence under section 498-a of i.p.c. could be made out. he would also argue that p.w. 2, who is the wife .....

State Vs. Udayakumar and ors.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 2004CriLJ2758

..... were living in anaikuppam in the house of p.w. 2 on rent.20. charge nos. 1 and 2 relate to section 4 of the dowry prohibition act.to make it an offence under section 4 of dowry prohibition act, dowry should have been given or agreed to be given at or before or after the marriage in connection with the marriage. since the marriage was ..... there is no evidence in respect of charge under section 4 of dowry prohibition act.21. after the marriage, a1 and p.w. 1 lived together only for a short while. the marriage was in oct. 1990. differences arose between them even in january 1991 ..... not an arranged marriage but a love marriage, there is no possibility of giving dowry or agreed to be given in connection with the marriage. absolutely, .....

State by Mahila Police Vs. Gnanendra and ors.

Court : Karnataka

..... and order of acquittal passed by the learned sessions judge, mysore, dated 15-9-1999 acquitting the respondents herein of the offences punishable under sections 3 and 4 of the dowry prohibition act, 1961, sections 498-a and 302 read with section 34 of the ipc. though there were four accused persons initially, the second accused, namely, the mother of first accused ..... , took up further investigation of this case for the offences punishable under section 302 of the ipc read with sections 3 and 4 of dowry prohibition act and she obtained sketch map of the scene of offence as per ex. p. 37 and also the statement of the doctors at b.m. hospital and she ..... and the impression that the witnesses have improved their case before the court is irresistable.39. once the demand of dowry is not there, and there is no evidence to back it, question of sections 3 and 4 of dowry prohibition act coming into operation will not arise. whatever jewels that was given to kavita in marriage was given, according to the .....

State by Garag Police, Dharwad. Vs. Dyamavva, W/O Sri Yallappa Madar, ...

Court : Karnataka Dharwad

Reported in : 2008(5)KCCR3593(DB)

..... .137/2001, acquitting the accused for the offences under sections 498-a, 304-b and 306 r/w 34 ipc and sections 3, 4 and 6 of the dowry prohibition act ('the act' for short), present appeal is filed by the state.2. the brief facts giving rise to the present case, as per the prosecution story are, as follows ..... taken place almost 8 years back. for the same reason, we do not propose to impose the prescribed minimum period for the offence under section 3 of the dowry prohibition act. ail the sentences now imposed shall run concurrently. while considering the length of imprisonment, the period during the trial for which the accused were in custody shall be ..... the very same reasons, we also hold the accused guilty of the offences under sections 3 and 4 of the dowry prohibition act. in the absence of any acceptable evidence as to the offence under section 6 of the dowry prohibition act, we give the benefit of doubt to the accused. at this stage, the learned amicus curiae contended that the offence .....

The State of KarnatakA. Vs. K.A. Marsha So Amasegowda

Court : Karnataka

..... officer registered a case against the accused for offences punishable under sections 498-a. 304-b ipc and also for offences punishable under sections 3 and 4 of dowry prohibition act. after completion of investigation, charge sheet was submitted against the accused for aforestated offences. 6. on behalf of prosecution pws. 1 to 24 were examined, ..... hereinafter referred to as accused) for offences punishable under sections 498-a. 304 -b ipc and also for offences punishable under sections 3 and 4 of the dowry prohibition act. 2. we have heard sri.n.s.sampangiramaiah, learned government pleader for state and the learned counsel for accused. the learned government pleader has taken us ..... implicate the accused for offences punishable under sections 498-a. 304-b ipc and also for offences punishable under sections 3 and 4 of the dowry prohibition act. 24. on re appreciation of evidence, we do not find any reasons to interfere with the impugned judgment. therefore, we pass the following: order the .....