Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 407 · Decided 7 July 2006
Lata Singh v. State of U.P. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 407 · [2006] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 350
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 208/2004
- Decided
- 7 July 2006
- Bench
- ASHOK BHAN, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 164, 482; Constitution Article 32; Hindu Marriage Act
Headnote
Abuse of the process of Law-Inter-caste marriage by major girl­ Brothers of the girl assaulted and humiliated the family and harmed the property C ofthe husband of the girl--Relatives of the husband arrested and detained in jail by the police on complaint from the brothers of the girl-On was committed by the accused-Committal of case by Magistrate for trial despite the final report and statement of the girl that she had married of her own free will-High Court, in petition for quashing the D proceedings directed the accused to appear before trial court-Writ petition by the
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