<p>Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash proceedings against a man and his parents in a case for cruelty and dowry death, despite the fact that the suicide note left behind by his wife blamed none. </p><p>The complaint was filed by Ramakrishna Reddy, a resident of Madakasira taluk, Ananthapuram district of Andhra Pradesh.</p><p>The complainant said that his daughter R Roja, a MCom graduate, had died by suicide after barely a year of her marriage due to harassment for dowry. The police filed the chargesheet under IPC sections 498A (abetment to suicide), 304B and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against the husband Vikas, his parents Vasanth Kumar and Savitha, residents of Bengaluru city.</p><p>The prosecution case was that several disputes persisted between all the members of the family and the victim between October 24, 2019 and October 24, 2020, the date of the incident. Additional State Public Prosecutor BN Jagadeesh placed the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report that confirmed the handwriting of the deceased. He further submitted that though the death note does not indicate blameworthiness against any accused, it is a matter of trial as attendant circumstances that led to the death is to be tested in evidence.</p>.Karnataka High Court adjourns hearing on CM's appeal in MUDA case .<p>Justice Nagaprasanna cited Apex Court judgements wherein it was held that proceedings should not be quashed in an offence under IPC section 304B (dowry death) merely because the deceased had scribed that no one is responsible for the death. “Therefore, merely based upon the death note of the victim, which at all times would require evidence of circumstances in which the suicide happens or the death note is scribed, quashment of the proceedings under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. is not a course available to this Court. Therefore, I decline to interfere to obliterate the proceedings against the petitioners,” the court said.</p><p>The court further said, “It is rather unfortunate that the age-old menace of dowry death still exists in our society today. Though progression has happened on every front, the cases of this kind which project the menace of dowry death are regressive.”</p>
<p>Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash proceedings against a man and his parents in a case for cruelty and dowry death, despite the fact that the suicide note left behind by his wife blamed none. </p><p>The complaint was filed by Ramakrishna Reddy, a resident of Madakasira taluk, Ananthapuram district of Andhra Pradesh.</p><p>The complainant said that his daughter R Roja, a MCom graduate, had died by suicide after barely a year of her marriage due to harassment for dowry. The police filed the chargesheet under IPC sections 498A (abetment to suicide), 304B and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against the husband Vikas, his parents Vasanth Kumar and Savitha, residents of Bengaluru city.</p><p>The prosecution case was that several disputes persisted between all the members of the family and the victim between October 24, 2019 and October 24, 2020, the date of the incident. Additional State Public Prosecutor BN Jagadeesh placed the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report that confirmed the handwriting of the deceased. He further submitted that though the death note does not indicate blameworthiness against any accused, it is a matter of trial as attendant circumstances that led to the death is to be tested in evidence.</p>.Karnataka High Court adjourns hearing on CM's appeal in MUDA case .<p>Justice Nagaprasanna cited Apex Court judgements wherein it was held that proceedings should not be quashed in an offence under IPC section 304B (dowry death) merely because the deceased had scribed that no one is responsible for the death. “Therefore, merely based upon the death note of the victim, which at all times would require evidence of circumstances in which the suicide happens or the death note is scribed, quashment of the proceedings under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. is not a course available to this Court. Therefore, I decline to interfere to obliterate the proceedings against the petitioners,” the court said.</p><p>The court further said, “It is rather unfortunate that the age-old menace of dowry death still exists in our society today. Though progression has happened on every front, the cases of this kind which project the menace of dowry death are regressive.”</p>