Criminal miscellaneous petition allowed. The High Court of Kerala quashed charges and proceedings regarding an alleged attempt to repossess a vehicle after settlement, ruling it does not constitute dowry offence under IPC 395.
Charge sheet under Section 395 IPC and C.P. 48/2007 are quashed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR
WEDNESDAY, THE 9TH APRIL 2008 / 20TH CHAITHRA 1930
Crl.MC.No. 1448 of 2008()
------------------------CP.48/2007 of ADDL. CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, TRIVANDRUM ....................
PETITIONER:
VENKITESH GANAPATHY S/O. GANAPATHY KRISHNAN T.C. 40/127, MUTTATHARA WARD THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
BY ADV. SRI.SOORAJ T.ELENJICKAL SRI.M.A.JOSEPH MANAVALAN
RESPONDENTS:
BY ADV. SRI.P.DALBI EMMANUEL
BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR
THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 09/04/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
V. RAMKUMAR, J.
*** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.M.C. NO. 1448 of 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 9-04-2008**
ORDER
Heard the learned counsel for the revision petitioner as well as the learned counsel for respondents 1 and 2.
This Crl. M.C. is accordingly, allowed.
V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE)
ani.
1 issue framed by the court
Whether an attempt to re-possess a settled vehicle constitutes an offence punishable under Section 395 IPC.
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Charanjit Chadha v. Sudheer Mehra - AIR 2001 SC 3721Explained¶2
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Venkitesh Ganapathy
Vishnu
Lekshmi
State of Kerala
V. Ramkumar
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