Thursday, January 23, 2014

Court orders FIR against those who filed false rape case, man gets bail after 3 weeks in jail

Court orders FIR against those who filed false rape case, man gets bail after 3 weeks in jail

Written by D K Rituraj | New Delhi | January 23, 2014 04:21

A city court on Wednesday granted bail to a man accused of rape by his ex-girlfriend. The court also ordered police to register an FIR against those responsible for filing a false case.

The court’s order came after the man spent three weeks in Tihar jail. The 25-year-old woman had complained to police that Vivek had established physical relations with her for the last four years after promising marriage. However, he allegedly did not keep his promise and planned to marry another woman. She had registered a complaint against him on January 2 and police had arrested him on January 3.

The man had applied for bail on Monday on the grounds that the woman had registered a false case against him out of spite. On Wednesday, the woman submitted an affidavit before the court stating that her allegations against him were false. She further claimed that she had been “misguided” by an NGO and her lawyer into pressing rape charges.

Additional Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma released the man on bail, but insisted on taking action against those responsible for wasting the court’s time. The judge asked police to lodge an FIR under Section 211 IPC, which criminalises any person filing false charges.

“In view of the affidavit filed by the prosecutrix, SHO PS R K Puram is directed to lodge an FIR and take appropriate action as per law,” Judge Sharma said.


Section 211 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860
211. False charge of offence made with intent to injure.-- Whoever, with intent to cause injury to any person, institutes or causes to be instituted any criminal proceeding against that person, or falsely charges any person with having committed an offence, knowing that there is no just or lawful ground for such proceeding or charge against that person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; and if such criminal proceeding be instituted on a false charge of an offence punishable with death 1[ imprisonment for life], or imprisonment for seven years or upwards, shall be punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

HC judge, kin accused of dowry harassment | Daughter-in-law files dowry harassment case against AP High Court judge in Chennai


HC judge, kin accused of dowry harassment

Chennai/Hyderabad, Jan 24, 2014, DHNS:
The daughter-in-law of an Andhra Pradesh High Court judge lodged a complaint against her husband and family with the Chennai police commissioner on a charge of dowry harassment. An allegation which was refuted by her husband.

According to the complaint, Kavya Rao (30) married B Ramakrishna, the judge’s son, in 2007. After marriage, the couple lived in Bangalore till Ramakrishna lost his job in 2008. Kavya alleged that her in-laws began harassing her when she and her jobless husband moved to Hyderabad. 

She told police that her family had paid more than Rs 40 lakh as dowry, but her husband’s family demanded another Rs 50 lakh. 

As her parents could not pay the amount, she was harassed frequently by her in-laws, which forced her to come to live with her father in Chennai. Later, her father-in-law lodged a false police complaint against her father, she said.

“My in-laws, in their complaint, said that my father had stolen valuables from their house,” Kavya said and alleged that her father-in-law was influencing the police personnel even in Chennai.

On January 13, based on information received from Andhra Pradesh Police, Kavya and her father were summoned by the Chennai Police in connection with a case that she had stolen her father-in-law’s ancestral jewellery.

Meanwhile, Ramakrishna, who’s pursuing PhD at IIT New Delhi, refuted his wife’s allegations. 

According to family sources, Ramakrishna maintains that the issue of dowry harassment never came up in the communication he had with his wife through emails in the past several months. 

“Moreover she (Kavya) has recently sent a draft note of a mutual consent divorce petition. One of the conditions in that draft note was that there will be no mutual giving and taking between the two at the time of divorce”.

Incidentally, Ramakrishna filed a complaint at Jinnaram Police Station in Medak district on November 23 against Kavya’s family members alleging that they were threatening him with dire consequences and abusing him. 

According to him, his wife and in-laws were not allowing him to see his child. Besides, a case had been filed at Medak court for restitution of conjugal rights and custody of his three-year old daughter. The decision on that issue is pending.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/382415/hc-judge-kin-accused-dowry.html

Daughter-in-law files dowry harassment case against AP High Court judge in Chennai

R.Ramasubramanian  Chennai, January 23, 2014 | UPDATED 14:58 IST

The daughter-in-law of a sitting Andhra Pradesh High Court judge has filed a dowry harassment complaint against her husband and his family members.  Kavya Rao (30) a resident of Chennai came to the Chennai Police Commissioner's officer on Wednesday afternoon and filed the formal complaint.  In her complaint Kavya said her father,  a Chennai based businessman arranged her wedding with the High Court judge's son in 2007.  She said during their marriage her parents had paid Rs.43.5 lakh as dowry, but the judge and his wife and other relatives demanded Rs.50 lakh more.  Kavya also said that her husband lost his job in 2008 and hence they moved from Bangalore to Hyderabad.  "Ever since the harassment began and my in - laws pressurised me to bring in atleast 50 lakhs rupees immediately"

Kavya in her complaint also submitted that since her family could not arrange this much money immediately she was made to starve by her inlaws.  But after some time her parents gave her inlaws money at frequent intervals. When she could not tolerate the agony she returned to Chennai to live with her parents.  

But even after that the troubles did not end for her , her father-in-law lodged a false complaint against her father.  On the instigations of the judge, abduction and theft cases were filed against my father she said and added the judge is influencing the police in Chennai.  Her husband came to her house in Chennai a week ago and ransacked it . Kavya has a small baby girl. In her complaint she said her husband, mother-in-law and father-in-law are attempting to abduct her child.

The complaint was filed with the Additional Commissioner of Police (headquarers) R.S. Nallasivam.  It was later forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Adayar range for further investigations.  "We have informed the Chief Justice of India.  The AP High Court judge is attempting to influence the local police here.  We will wait for four or five days.  If the Police does not take any action we will move the Madras High Court for direction to the Chennai Police Commissioner to take suitable action in this regard"  said K.Balu, advocate of Kavya in an interveiw with India Today Online

Source-  http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/daughter-in-law-files-dowry-harassment-case-against-ap-high-court-judge-in-chennai/1/339292.html

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