Supreme Court Upholds Conviction for Cruelty and Abetment of Suicide in Matrimonial Case LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was correct in raising a presumption of abetment of suicide under Section 113A of the Indian Evidence Act, based on the evidence of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case […]
Supreme Court Acquits Husband in Abetment of Suicide Case: Naresh Kumar vs. State of Haryana (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the husband abetted the suicide of his wife. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Naresh Kumar vs. State of Haryana Judgment Date: 22 February 2024 Date of the Judgment: 22nd February 2024 Citation: 2024 INSC 149 Judges:
Supreme Court acquits in abetment to suicide case, upholds cruelty conviction: Kashibai vs. State of Karnataka (2023) Date of the Judgment: 28 February 2023 Citation: (2023) INSC 157 Judges: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Rastogi and Hon’ble Ms. Justice Bela M. Trivedi Can a person be convicted for abetment of suicide merely because the deceased faced
Supreme Court Partially Upholds Conviction for Cruelty, Overturns Abetment of Suicide: Kashibai & Ors. vs. State of Karnataka (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the accused abetted the suicide of the deceased under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and whether they subjected her to cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Supreme Court Reduces Sentence in Dowry Death Case: Anusuiya @ Saraswatibai vs. State of Madhya Pradesh (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was correct in upholding the conviction of the appellants under Sections 306 and 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and whether the sentence awarded was appropriate. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, Dowry
