FIRST LAW

Penal Code, 1860 – Sections 304B and 498A - To constitute an offence under Section 304B and Section 498A IPC, it not mere bickering which would amount to an offence but it should be harassment of such a nature that would drive a woman to commit suicide.

The ingredients of Section 498­A IPC " Section ­498A: Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty. -   Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.

The principles of Section 304-B of I.P.C. and Section 113-B of the Evidence Act are summerised by Supreme Court in the case of Kashmir Kaur Vs. State of Punja, AIR 2013 SC 1039 , as under:-