Supreme Court of India · 2004-11-05
RUCHI AGARWAL vs AMIT KUMAR AGRAWAL .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2003/13647
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- RUCHI AGARWAL
- Respondent
- AMIT KUMAR AGRAWAL .
- Author
- SANTOSH HEGDE
- Bench
- N.SANTOSH HEGDE & S.B.SINHA
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court held that the High Court's quashing of the criminal complaint under Sections 498A, 323, and 506 IPC, along with Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, was justified due to lack of territorial jurisdiction. The Court noted that a compromise had been reached in a divorce petition, wherein both parties agreed to withdraw all complaints against each other. The Court emphasized that the appellant did not formally withdraw the criminal complaint in question, thus upholding the High Court's decision to transfer the investigation to the appropriate jurisdiction.