Supreme Court of India
Patel Joshnaben Pravinkumar Patel v. State of Gujarat
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What the Court ordered
We, therefore, deem it appropriate to allow this appeal. The impugned judgment and order of the High Court is set aside. The impugned FIR and all consequential proceedings are hereby quashed.
Judgment, 29
In brief
The deceased married Shraddhaben, daughter of appellants 1 and 2 and sister of appellant 3, in 2009. On 06.03.2020 Shraddhaben lodged an FIR against the deceased under Sections 498A and 323 IPC alleging assault, and a medical examination the same day found multiple contusions all over her body; she had left the matrimonial home and returned to her parents at Ahmedabad, and also served a maintenance notice on the deceased.…
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