Supreme Court of India

Jayedeepsinh Pravinsinh Chavda & Ors. v. State of Gujarat

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Reported as [2024] 12 S.C.R. 439

Bench Vikram Nath and Prasanna B. Varale JJ.

Decided 10 December 2024

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Issue for Consideration Matter pertains to correctness of the order passed by the High Court refusing to discharge the appellants-accused from offences punishable u/s.306, 498A and 114 of IPC. Headnotes† Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.227 – Discharge of accused – Propriety – FIR by the girl’s father against the appellants-husband and in-laws for offences u/ss.306, 498A, 114 IPC alleging that the girl committed suicide after 12 years of marriage due to the physical and mental harassment meted out by the husband which included the husband selling her ornaments, given to her as streedhan

Authorities it was built on

2001 Ramesh Kumar v. State of Chhattisgarh cited by 27
2009 Amalendu Pal @ Jhantu v. State of West Bengal cited by 20
2010 S.S. Chheena v. Vijay Kumar Mahajan & Another cited by 13
2019 Ude Singh & Ors. v. State of Haryana cited by 13
2011 M. Mohan v. The State Represented by the Deputy Superintendent of Police cited by 12
2009 U. Suvetha v. State by Inspector of Police and Another cited by 5
2008 State of Andhra Pradesh v. M. Madhusudhan Rao cited by 3
2023 Kamalakar v. State of Karnataka cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2025 Ghanshyam Soni v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) & Anr. referred to
2024 Prakash and Others v. The State of Maharashtra and Another referred to
2026 Lokesh B.h v. State of Karnataka mentioned
2026 Balaji Jaiswal v. State of Chhattisgarh mentioned
2024 Digambar and Another v. The State of Maharashtra and Another mentioned

Of those, 2 referred to · 3 mentioned

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