Supreme Court of India

Sri Rameshwar Yadav & Ors. v. The State of Bihar & Anr.

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Reported as [2018] 4 S.C.R. 1055
Bench A. K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan JJ.
Decided 16 March 2018

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that sufficient grounds were made out for granting exemption from personal appearance of the appellants in the trial.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss. 205 and 482 – Second respondent filed complaint against her husba nd and the accused-appellants (parents-in-law and two others) u/s. 498A IPC and s.4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act – Magistrate summ oned the accused-appellants as well as the husband of the co mplainant- second respondent – Accused-appellants filed applic ation to dispense with their physical appearance in the case – Application rejected by the Magistrate u/s. 205 – Order of the Magistrate challenged u/s.482 before the High Court, which was d ismissed – On appeal, held: The observation of

Where later benches applied it

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