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Delhi High Court: The present petition was filed by the deceased’s father under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (‘CrPC’) read with Article 227 Constitution against the impugned order dated 3-4-2017 vide which the District and Sessions Judge upheld the order of the Metropolitan Magistrate (‘MM’) discharging Respondents 3 to 5 under Sections 498-A/304-B/34 of Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’). A Single Judge Bench of Neena Bansal Krishna J., finding no merit in the petition, dismissed it stating that merely because the deceased woman was crying, cannot per se make out any case of dowry harassment. The Court stated that there was nothing on record to even remotely suggest that there was any harassment of the deceased for fulfilling respondents’ demand for money. 

Background: The deceased’s father made a complaint of dowry harassment and death of his daughter vide FIR under Sections 498-A/304-B/34 of IPC. His daughter had married Respondent 3, as per Hindu rites and customs on 5-12-2010 and was blessed with 2 daughters aged 2.5 years and 40 days at the time of her demise. The deceased’s father submitted that he had spent about Rs 4 Lacs on her marriage, which was beyond his financial means, as he was an autorickshaw driver. He had arranged the money from his friends, relatives and family members. The deceased’s father submitted that after marriage, his daughter was continuously humiliated and tortured for not bringing sufficient dowry and demands of gold bracelet, bike and other articles were made from his daughter. He had been regularly meeting their demands. but she was continuously harassed and tortured. However, when the demands were not met, his daughter was mentally tortured because of which she died. On 3-4-2014 at about 11 pm, the deceased’s father received a call from the deceased’s father-in-law that the deceased had fallen unwell and had been taken to a hospital. The deceased’s father reached the hospital and was informed by the doctor that his daughter has died. Thus, a FIR was registered under Sections 304-B/498-A/34 of IPC. The MM vide order dated 27-6-2016 concluded that the allegations were vague and there were no specific instances or description of alleged demand for dowry or harassment. In the absence of specific allegations regarding harassment related to dowry demands or any willful conduct likely to drive the deceased to commit suicide or cause her grave injury, no case was held to be made out against Respondents 3 to 5, and they were discharged. The order of the MM was challenged and the District and Sessions Judge in the order dated 3-4-2017, concurred with the MM that there was no evidence to prima facie show the harassment of the deceased on account of dowry. Aggrieved by the said order, the present petition under Section 482 CrPC was filed.

resulted from cruelty by the in-laws. However, the District and Sessions Judge had already concluded that the death was due to natural causes, not dowry-related, and had accordingly discharged Respondents 3 to 5 under Section 304-B IPC. This discharge order was never challenged and hence could not be re-agitated now. The MM had rightly held that no offence under Section 498-A IPC was made out, which was upheld by the District and Sessions Judge. The Court thus found no merit in the present petition, dismissed it along with any pending applications. 

Gainda Lal v. State (NCT of Delhi), CS(COMM) 832 of 2025, decided on 13-8-2025.

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