Judgment · High Court
Case at a glance
Outcome
Dismissed
The writ petition is dismissed as infructuous
Provisions considered
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 ss. 323, 498A, 506
- Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 ss. 3, 4
Judgment
Operative part
Sri B.S. Bhandari, Advocate, present for the petitioners. Sri M.A. Khan, Brief Holder, present for the State. Learned counsel for the respondent no.1 states that on completion of investigation, charge sheet has been filed against petitioners, namely, Sunil Tiwari, Smt. Leela Devi and Anil Tiwari. No case is said to have been made out against the petitioner no.4 Pankaj Kumar Joshi. In view of the above development, this writ petition seeking quashing of the information report dated 6.3.2011 registered as FIR No.9/2011, relating to offences punishable u/s 498A, 323, 506 IPC and one punishable u/s 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, at Police Station Chorgalia, District Nainital, has become infructuous. The writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. Interim order dated 6.4.2011 stands automatically vacated. Rajni (P.C. Pant, J.) 20.5.2011
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: The writ petition is dismissed as infructuous
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Indian Penal Code, 1860 — ss. 323, 498A, 506; Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — ss. 3, 4.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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