Case Name : Rupali Devi vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors
Case Reference: (2019) 6 SCR 577 :
Neutral Citation:
Case Number: Criminal A 71/2012
Court: Supreme Court
Bench: 03
Coram: Ranjan Gogoi (Author), L Nageswara Rao, Sanjay Kishan Kaul
Date: 09.04.2019
Section 179 deals with offences being committed in one place; and as a consequence of the prior offence, another offence is committed in the second place (Para 8) (Para 15) Section 179 covers cruelty, where physical abuse, etc in matrimonial home, and its adverse effects on mental health being suffered in the parental home, would amount to cruelty at the parental home. Therefore, the conseuqence of the offence being sufferred in the second location (parental home), court in second location would have jurisdiction to try such offence (Paras 15, 16)
Para 14 on definition of cruelty ; meaning of cruelty ; emotional cruelty ; physical cruelty; mental cruelty
Refer also: State of Bihar vs Deokaran Nenshi, (1972) 2 SCC 890 At para 5 on Continuing offence
See also: CrPC - Section 177 CrPC - Section 178 IPC - Section 498A Evidence, Section 113A
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