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“However, even presuming that for the sake of discussion the marriage between the husband and wife is void, still the wife is entitled to claim maintenance under Section 125 of the CrPC.”
“Unless the Accused is granted a fair opportunity to defend his interest in a fair trial, an order of conviction would stand vitiated merely on such count.”
“The specific defence of the accused was not that the victim died because of his assault rather it was that he inflicted injuries on himself and lost consciousness. Firstly, he suggested that the victim had committed suicide by inflicting those injuries on herself and secondly, he feigned ignorance about what happened after he inflicted those injuries on himself.”
“Addition of Section 302 IPC in addition to pre-existing sections about dowry death and dowry related inhuman treatment is being carried out by Trial Judges as a matter of routine and in a most mechanical fashion, making the entire episode more grim and serious, without having any supporting documents or allegations”
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of S.S. Shinde and A.S. Gadkari, JJ., allowed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment