Supreme Court of India

Ramesh and Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [2005] 2 S.C.R. 493
Decided 3 March 2005

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Penal Code, 1860/Dowry Prohibition Act: ss. 498- and 406/ss. 3 and 4-Wife alleging commission of offences under these sections against her husband and his relatives-Allegation against husband's sister that she was insulting and making derogatory remarks and behaving rudely against her-Held, neither the FIR nor the charge-sheet jim1ished legal basis to the Magistrate to take cognizance of the offences alleged against husband's sister-She could not be relegated to ordeal of trial-Proceedings against her quashed-Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482-Constitution of India-Article 136. Code of

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