Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 239 · Decided 16 March 2018
Sri Rameshwar Yadav & ORS. v. The State of Bihar & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 239 · [2018] 4 S.C.R. 1055
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 387/2018
- Decided
- 16 March 2018
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, ASHOK BHUSHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 4, 498; CrPC Section 205, 482, 317
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss. 205 and 482 - Second respondent filed complaint against her husband and the accused-appellants (parents-in-law and two others) u/s. 498A IPC and s.4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act - Magistrate summoned the accused-appellants as well as the - Accused-appellants filed application to dispense with their physical appearance in the case - Application rejected by the Magistrate u/s. 205 - Order of the Magistrate challenged u/s.482 before the High Court, which was dismissed - On appeal, held: The observation of
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