Supreme Court of India
Manju Ram Kalita v. State of Assam
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid, conviction of the appellant under Section 498-A IPC and punishment for the said offence awarded by the courts below are set aside.
Judgment, page 15
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss.498A, 494 - Bigpmy and c;ruelty on account of dowry demand - Complainant-wife left matrimonial house in 1993 - In 1997; she found that husband married another woman - Thereafter complaint filed under ss.498A/494 ..... Conviction under ss.498A/494 by courts below- On appeal, Held: Courts below arrived at a concurrent finding of fact regarding the factum of second marriage-_ Therefore, finding of fact on issue of bigamy is not interfered with - Convlction under s.494 is maintained - As regards cruelty, s.498A is attracteq if woman is subjected to cruelty continuously or at
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- 2011 Rakesh & Another v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2025 Smt. Bhagwati Devi v. State of Uttarakhand
- 2013 Kantilal Martaji Pandor v. State of Gujarat & Anr.
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