provision of Section 304-B of the IPC the cruelty or harassment as defined must be meted out to the woman in connection with dowry ... connection with any demand for dowry." Cruelty and harassment has been defined in Section 498-A of the IPC, which also clearly goes
order to commit sexual assault.
Section 354A- Sexual harassment and punishment for
sexual harassment defines as under:-
(1) A man committing any of the
following ... making sexually coloured remarks,
shall be guilty of the offence of sexual harassment.
(2) Any man who commits the
offence specified in clause
Section-304(B) of
the Indian Penal Code, the cruelty or harassment as
defined u/S 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code must ... ingredients of dowry death and in absence of proof of
cruelty or harassment to the deceased, no
presumption of dowry death u/S 113B
subjected to cruelty and
harassment for dowry. P.W. 15 also stated that he learnt about the
cruelty and harassment to Veena Devi from ... defined either in the Penal Code or in the
Evidence Act , nonetheless there must not be much interval
between the concerned cruelty and harassment
whether
mental or physical) of the woman; or
(b) harassment of the woman where such harassment is
with a view to coercing ... otherwise
his willful conduct or harassment caused by him comes under
the definition of cruelty as defined by two limbs of the
Explanation to Section
must be married.
(b) She must be subjected to cruelty or harassment.
(c) Harassment should be with a view to coercing her or
any person ... within the meaning of Section 498A
of IPC. The expression harassment has not been defined in Section 498A of IPC,
but its dictionary meaning
Yugal Kishore Choudhary vs The State Of Bihar And Ors on 3 October, 2023
Author
Association For Protection Of Public ... vs State Of Bihar And Ors. on 26 March, 1990
subjected to cruelty and harassment much prior to her death. In other words, deceased was not subjected to cruelty and harassment soon before her death ... cruelty has not been defined under Section 304-B of the Indian Penal Code but the same has been defined in the explanation to Section
Code as cruelty has been defined under the explanation of Section 498-A of the Code to be such harassment which is with a view
