Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 949 · Decided 27 July 2009
Bhaskar Lal Sharma & ANR. v. Monica
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 949 · [2009] 11 S.C.R. 408
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1325/2009
- Decided
- 27 July 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 405, 406
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: ~ c Sections 403, 405, 406, 498A - Matrimonial dispute - Complaint of mental cruelty and non-entrustment of property against husband and in-laws - Summoning order - Quashed by High Court - On appeal, Held: No case under Section 498A made out - No criminal misconduct on the part prima facie a case under Section 406 /PC made out against the appellant No.2 (mother-in-law) - ~ Summoning order passed against appellants except appellant No.2 is set aside - Proceedings can continue only against appellant No.2 that too in respect of Section 406 /PC E only. The present appeal
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