Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 854 · Decided 29 May 2009
Manju Ram Kalita v. State of Assam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 854 · [2009] 9 S.C.R. 902
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 299/2003
- Decided
- 29 May 2009
- Bench
- MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 494
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss.498A, 494 - Bigpmy and c;ruelty on account of dowry demand - Complainant-wife left matrimonial house in 1993 - In 1997; she found that husband married another woman - Thereafter complaint filed under ss.498A/494 ..... Conviction under ss.498A/494 by courts below- On below arrived at a concurrent finding of fact regarding the factum of second marriage-_ Therefore, finding of fact on issue of bigamy is not interfered with - Convlction under s.494 is maintained - As regards cruelty, s.498A is attracteq if woman is subjected to cruelty continuously or at least in
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