Supreme Court of India

Sonu Gupta v. Deepak Gupta & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 1 S.C.R. 1069
Bench Anil R. Dave, Kurian Joseph and Shiva Kirti Singh JJ.
Decided 11 February 2015

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with the order we make it clear that any observations in this order shall not prejudice the case of either of the parties before the D court below and the criminal complaint case of the appellant must proceed on its own merits strictly in accordance with law.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 190 - Matrimonial dispute - Complaint of dowry harassment by appellant-wife - Subsequently withdrawn and settlement between the couple - In the instant complaint, allegation of wife that earlier letter of complaint which was withdrawn by her was tampered and a photocopy of such undated complaint was got registered by respondents-husband and in-laws with the help of some police officials and an FIR filed at their instance portraying that it was filed by the appellant - The accusation of the appellant was that the said FIR was neither filed by her nor signed

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on

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