filed a complaint and the police registered a complaint under Section 354
of the IPC. The brother of the respondent-wife also lodged a complaint ... a
Family Court either by itself or by directing the parties to explore the
possibility of settlement through mediation, a complaint under Section 498-
A
which reads as
under:
"707. Abetment of a thing - A person abets the doing of a thing, who-First-
Instigate any person ... induce a similarly
circumstanced individual in a given society to commit suicide, the
conscience of the Court should not be satisfied for basing a finding
A: Husband or relative of husband of a
woman subjecting her to cruelty- Whoever,
being the husband or the relative of the
husband of a ... mentioned in Section 498-A. A
person charged and acquitted under Section 304-B can be
convicted under Section 498-A without that charge being
etymological sense would be a `relative'. The word `relative' brings within
its purview a status. Such a status must be conferred either ... Simply because A-6 is having
illicit intimacy with A-1, it cannot be said that she
is a relative of A-1. Accordingly
concerned.
6. Section 498-A appears in Chapter XX-A IPC .
7. Substantive Section 498-A IPC and presumptive Section 113-B of the
Indian ... presumption arises when a woman
committed suicide within a period of seven years from the date of marriage.
9. Section 498-A reads as follows
April, 1996 at
11.00 a.m., her husband (A-1), his mother (A-2), his second
brother's wife (A-3) and her husband ... August, 1996 a case
was registered against accused A-1 to A-4 as also against the
said Mrs. Jalaja under Sections 498-A
offence punishable under Section 498-A except upon a police report of facts, which constitute such offence or upon a complaint made by the person ... counsel appearing for the petitioner urged that when a special Act makes a special offence and a special procedure, offence under it must be dealt
A-1
and A-2. The said A-1 demanded jewels and
presentation of Rs. 5000 for Ramzan. She accepted
that she told A ... Section 498-A
IPC, in the complaint dated 8-11-1994 there is not
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even a whisper of a wilful conduct of Appellants
other accused were charged under
sections 302 / 34 , 304-B and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code,
1860 (for short, ` IPC ') and sections ... with any demand for dowry."
33. Section 498-B IPC reads as follows:
"498-A. Husband or relative of husband of a
woman
a wilful conduct of such a nature which is likely to drive
a woman to commit suicide. We fail to see how a married woman ... a Psychiatrist. It may be noted that
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