Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 160 · Decided 6 February 2025
Geddam Jhansi & ANR. v. The State of Telangana & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 160 · [2025] 3 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 609/2025
- Decided
- 6 February 2025
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, N KOTISWAR SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3, 4, 498A, 506; CrPC Section 482; Constitution Article 142; Domestic Violence Act
Headnote
Whether the criminal proceedings against the appellant(s) under Sections 498A, 506, Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 and 4, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961; Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 ought to be quashed. Code of Criminal s.482 - Quashing - Penal Code, 1860 - ss.498A, 506 - Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 - ss.3, 4 - Complainant made specific allegations against her husband and her mother-in-law for demand of dowry and harassment - However, as regards the appellants
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