IPC

The Supreme Court has reiterated that the object of any criminal jurisprudence is reformative in character and to take care of the victim while allowing an application filed by a man seeking reduction of the sentence of three years of rigorous imprisonment for offence punishable under Section 498A IPC.

The Bench of Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice V. Ramasubranian granted bail to Sopan, convicted for the offence of demand of dowry and dowry death of his wife. Sachin Pahwa , advocate for the Petitioner Sopan apprised the Bench that he has already undergone 5 years of his sentence.

The Supreme Court has elucidated the law under Section 304-B, IPC, in order to curb the social evil of dowry and the deaths related to it.

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi State Legal Service Authority (DSLSA) to process the application for compensation of a widow whose husband died in Judicial custody within two weeks.

The Supreme Court today has granted interim bail to a man for 3 months who was convicted under Section 304B IPC (Dowry death), beaten his wife to death for bringing insufficient dowry.

The Court pronounced its verdict in the petition filed by one Hari Om @ Hero who had challenged his conviction and sentence of death which was affirmed by the High Court.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday has dismissed an appeal against the conviction and Sentence by a man accused for raping a 6-year-old girl while rejecting the contention, accused is one handed and physically impossible to rape.

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that the practice of bigamy is unconstitutional for all religions , oppressive towards women and opposed to equality.

The Court was hearing a Special Leave Petition filed challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court decision refusing anticipatory bail to the petitioner in a case under Sections 354, 506 (criminal intimidation), 341 (wrongful restraint), and Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The mother of the prosecutrix submitted that the petitioner has married the prosecutrix and she has no objection if the petitioner is released on anticipatory bail