Supreme Court of India

Vijeta Gajra v. State of Nct of Delhi

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Reported as [2010] 7 S.C.R. 1150
Bench V.S. Sirpurkar and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 8 July 2010

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the FIR insofar as it concerned Section 498A, IPC, would be of no consequence and the appellant shall H not be tried for the offence under Section 498A, IPC. VIJETA GAJRA v.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss.498A, 406 - FIR lodged against appellant under s.498A and s.406 - Quashing of FIR sought on the ground that appellant was not related to the family of complainant or her husband - Held: Appellant should not be tried for offence under s.498A - Reference to the word 'relative' in s.498A is 0 limited only to the blood relations or the relations by marriage - However, FIR in respect of s.406 is not quashed in view of the allegations made - Protection given to the appellant that no coercive steps be taken against her - Crime against Women. The complainant filed an FIR against

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