Category: 406 IPC

Whether Husband is liable for misappropriation of Stridhan Property?

Mar 30, 2020

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by

Hari G Ramasubramanian

in 406 IPC, 482 Code of Criminal Procedure, Harassment

The question that arose in the case of PRATIBHA RANI VS SURAJ KUMAR AND ANOTHER AIR 1985 SUPREME COURT 628 is whether a case of misappropriation under Section 405 IPC and 406 IPC would entail if a husband misappropriates the stridhan property of the wife. The brief facts are that the High Court had quashed…