{"id":28589,"date":"2002-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-08-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/maan-singh-vs-state-n-c-t-of-delhi-on-5-august-2002"},"modified":"2018-03-09T02:33:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T21:03:18","slug":"maan-singh-vs-state-n-c-t-of-delhi-on-5-august-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/maan-singh-vs-state-n-c-t-of-delhi-on-5-august-2002","title":{"rendered":"Maan Singh vs State N.C.T. Of Delhi on 5 August, 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Delhi High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Maan Singh vs State N.C.T. Of Delhi on 5 August, 2002<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 99 (2002) DLT 693, II (2002) DMC 521<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: M A Khan<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: M A Khan<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p> Mahmood Ali Khan, J. <\/p>\n<p> 1. This petition is filed under Section 482<br \/>\nCr.P.C. for quashing the proceedings pending before the<br \/>\nMetropolitan Magistrate arising out of FIR No. 441\/1998<br \/>\nunder Section 498A IPC of P.S. Malviya Nagar.\n<\/p>\n<p> 2. Briefly, the facts are that Kulwant Kaur filed<br \/>\na complaint with the Crime Against Women cell, Nanakpura<br \/>\nalleging harassment and cruelty caused to her by her<br \/>\nhusband Maan Singh, petitioner herein, and other members<br \/>\nof his family for demand of money and for other reasons<br \/>\nwhich have been narrated in the complaint. On the basis of   this  complaint  FIR  No. 441\/1998  under   Section   498A\/406 IPC     was  registered.       During       the     investigation     the supplementary     statement  of  complainant  and  her     parents<br \/>\netc. was recorded. On completion of the investigation a challan was submitted for the prosecution of the petitioner and other members of his family under Section 498A\/406 IPC. At the time of consideration of the case for framing of a charge the learned Metropolitan Magistrate discharged the accused, other than the petitioner, of all the offences and also discharged the petitioner for offence under Section 406 IPC. But holding that prima-facie a case for framing of a charge for commission of offence under Section 498A IPC is made out against the petitioner Maan Singh, the said charge was framed against him.\n<\/p>\n<p> 3. The petitioner   is  aggrieved  and  has  challenged it   in  this  petition.\n<\/p>\n<p> The argument of the counsel for the petitioner is that the allegations in the complaint do not disclose the commission of offence under Section 498A IPC.\n<\/p>\n<p> Section  498A   IPC   is  reproduced  below:\n<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;498A. Husband or<br \/>\nrelative of husband of a woman<br \/>\nsubjecting her to cruelty &#8211; Whoever,<br \/>\nbeing the husband or the relative of<br \/>\nthe husband of a woman, subjects such<br \/>\nwoman to cruelty shall be punished<br \/>\nwith imprisonment for a term which<br \/>\nmay extend to three years and shall<br \/>\nalso be liable to fine.\n<\/p>\n<p> Explanation &#8211; For the purpose of this section, &#8220;cruelty&#8221; means &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p> (a) any willful conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide or to cause grave injury or danger, to life, limb or health (whether mental or physical) of the woman;&#8217; or    <\/p>\n<p> (b) harassment of the woman where such harassment is with a view to coercing her or any person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any property or valuable security or is on account of failure by her or any person related to her to meet such demand.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> Explanation (b) which is relevant define the word &#8216;cruelty&#8217; used in Section 498A, as harassment related to demand of property or valuable security. The demand, as such, is a condition precedent to attract provision of explanation (b) of Section 498A IPC .\n<\/p>\n<p> 4. precise argument of the counsel for the<br \/>\npetitioner is that no allegation has been made by the<br \/>\ncomplainant in the complaint that the petitioner had<br \/>\never demanded the dowry from her and had harassed and<br \/>\ntreated her with cruelty for compelling her to give the<br \/>\ndowry. He is not correct in arguing that the cruelty<br \/>\nshould be relatable to the demand of dowry only. In<br \/>\nfact demand of dowry is not a pre-condition nor is<br \/>\nnecessary to attract the provision of Section 498A IPC<br \/>\n(See PyareLal v. State of Haryana . What is contemplated in explanation (b) of<\/p>\n<p>Section     498A     is  that  cruelty  should  be     committed     to<br \/>\ncoerce wife or her relative to meet unlawful demand of &#8216;property or valuable security&#8217;. So a demand of money not related to dowry and the harassment of wife with a<br \/>\nview  to  compel   her   or   her   parents  etc.     to  pay  it  shall<br \/>\nattract  the  provision  of  Section  498A  IPC.\n<\/p>\n<p> 5. In the light of this principle of law the complaint of the wife may now be examined. In the beginning of the complaint at one place the complainant has alleged &#8220;After some months of my marriage my husband started pressurising me to bring some money<br \/>\nfrom     my  parents  to  start  my  treatment  since  he  had     no<br \/>\nmoney     for   my  treatment.     My  parents  came  to   know     that<br \/>\ntheir daughter is affected with jaundice. It was also known to them I was pregnant for the last 4\/5 months. However, my parents got me the treatment and by grace of God I was blessed with a male child. My parents spent a sum of Rs. 12,000\/- on a major operation upon me by which the baby was born.&#8221; At another place she alleged &#8220;He mentioned to ask my brother to get him a job abroad. My parents issued a cheque for a sum of Rs. 18,000\/- in his favor. (see running page 12 of paper book). Besides the petitioner also narrated as to how she was being harassed and was given mental and physical torture by the petitioner. The only inference from the reading of this complaint as a whole is that<\/p>\n<p>she was being tortured and harassed so as to coerce her parents to satisfy the demand of money by the petitioner husband whether it was needed for treatment of wife or settling him in business. The complaint clearly show a nexus between cruelty\/harassment of complainant wife and the demand of money. Both the constituents of offence under Section 498A IPC, <\/p>\n<p> (a) the demand of property or valuable security and  <\/p>\n<p> (b)       harassment of wife so as to coerce her and her relative to meet the demand<br \/>\nare  very  much  present   in  the  complaint.\n<\/p>\n<p> 6. Moreover, in the supplementary statement she<br \/>\nstated that all her dowry has been usurped by the<br \/>\npetitioner. Her parents in their statements recorded<br \/>\nunder Section 161 Cr.P.C. also stated that the<br \/>\npetitioner was demanding scooter and other articles and<br \/>\nwas harassing and causing cruelty to the petitioner in<br \/>\norder to compel them to satisfy his demand. As such, in<br \/>\nthe complaint itself there is allegation that the<br \/>\ncomplainant was being subjected to cruelty and she was<br \/>\nbeing harassed with a view to coercing her and her<br \/>\nparents to meet their unlawful demand of money. The<br \/>\nallegation is corroborated in the statement of her<br \/>\nparents recorded under Section 161 of Cr.P.C. The case<br \/>\nwas registered on this complaint. It cannot be stated<br \/>\nthat commission of cognizable offence within the ambit<\/p>\n<p>of     Section  498A   IPC  was  not  disclosed  in  the  complaint, therefore,   no  FIR  could  have  been  registered  against  the petitioner     for     offence     under   Section  498A     IPC.        The argument  of  the  counsel  for  the  petitioner   has  no  merit. The     charge-sheet     and     proceedings     arising     there from, therefore,       cannot       be     quashed     as     prayed       by       the petitioner.     No  case  for   invoking  power   and  jurisdiction      of     this     Court  under   Section 482  Cr.P.C.     is  made     out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi High Court Maan Singh vs State N.C.T. Of Delhi on 5 August, 2002 Equivalent citations: 99 (2002) DLT 693, II (2002) DMC 521 Author: M A Khan Bench: M A Khan JUDGMENT Mahmood Ali Khan, J. 1. This petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing the proceedings pending before the Metropolitan Magistrate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-delhi-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Maan Singh vs State N.C.T. 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