Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 671 · Decided 12 May 2025
Rajesh Chaddha v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 671 · [2025] 6 S.C.R. 382
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2635/2025
- Decided
- 12 May 2025
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 4, 498A, 3, 34
Headnote
Whether the High Court while exercising its revisionary jurisdiction erred in upholding the conviction of the appellant under Section 498A, Penal Code, 1860 and Section 4, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. Penal Code, 1860 - s.498A - Dowry Conviction under - When not sustainable: Held: The term "cruelty" is being misused and cannot be established simpliciter without specific instances - The tendency of roping sections 498A, IPC and 3 & 4, DP Act, 1961 without mentioning any specific dates, time or
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