Supreme Court of India

Rupali Devi v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 6 S.C.R. 577

Bench Ranjan Gogoi, L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjay Kishan Kaul JJ.

Decided 9 April 2019

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s.498A – Jurisdiction – Whether in a case where cruelty had been committed in a matrimonial h ome by the husband or the relatives of the husband and the wif e leaves the matrimonial home and takes shelter in the parental home locat ed at a different place, the courts situated at the place of the parental home of the wife have jurisdiction to entertain the comp laint under s.498A – Held: In the normal course, it is the court within whose local jurisdiction the offence is committed that would have t he power and authority to take cognizance of the offence in question – Unde r

Authorities it was built on

1972 State of Bihar v. Deokaran Nenshi cited by 15
2004 Y. Abraham Ajith and Ors. v. Inspector of Police, Chennai and Anr. cited by 6
2005 Ramesh and Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu cited by 5
2006 Manish Ratan and Ors. v. State of M.P. and Ors cited by 4
2011 Sunita Kumari Kashyap v. State of Bihar and Anr. cited by 3
1997 Smt. Sujata Mukherjee v. Prashant Kumar Mukherjee cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2021 Swaati Nirkhi & Ors. v. State (nct of Delhi) & Ors. relied on
2023 Priya Indoria v. State of Karnataka and Ors. Etc. referred to
2023 Priyanka Mishra & Ors v. The State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr. referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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