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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
M.NAGAPRASANNA
Manjunath V., S/o. S. Venkatesh – Appellant
Versus
State of Karnataka, North-East Women Police Station, Represented By Special Public Prosecutor – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background of marriage and allegations. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. court's analysis of the allegations against the husband. (Para 3) |
| 3. contesting parties' arguments on the complaint. (Para 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 4. court's analysis of evidence and charges. (Para 7 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 14) |
| 5. court's assessment of allegations against in-laws. (Para 13) |
| 6. judicial interpretations on section 498-a ipc. (Para 15 , 16 , 17) |
ORDER :
(M. NAGAPRASANNA, J.)
The petitioners are before this Court calling in question registration of a crime in Crime No.58 of 2024 registered on 02-12-2024 for offences punishable under Sections 115 (2), 351(3), 352 and 85 of BNS and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
2. Facts, in brief, adumbrated are as follows: -
Before embarking upon narration of facts, I deem it appropriate to notice the relationship between the protagonists in the lis. The 2nd respondent is the complainant. The 1st petitioner is the husband of the 2nd respondent. 2nd and 3rd petitioners are the mother-in-law and father-in-law respectively of the complainant. The 1st petitioner and the complainant get introduced to each other in the year 2022 through mutual friends. On 23-08-2023 the 1st petit
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