State of Maharashtra P.S. MIDC Waluj vs Gaurishankar Mahesh Prasad Advocate - Sawant S.B. — 118/2025

Case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 80,108. Disposed: Contested--ACQUITTED on 16th March 2026.

Case disposed

Sessions Case

CNR: MHAU160005832025

Filing Number

265/2025

Filing Date

17-Dec-2024

Registration No

118/2025

Registration Date

17-Dec-2024

Court

Gangapur Dist and Sessions Court

Judge

1-District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Gangapur

Decision Date

16-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--ACQUITTED

Last updated 29-May-2026

FIR Details

FIR Number

868

Police Station

MIDC WALUJ

Year

2024

Acts & Sections

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 80,108

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.State of Maharashtra P.S. MIDC Waluj

    Adv. Gande K.S.

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Gaurishankar Mahesh Prasad Advocate - Sawant S.B.

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 16-Mar-2026

    Copy of JudgmentView PDF

    Case Summary: S.C.No.118 of 2025 Accused Acquitted in Dowry Death and Abetment Case The Additional Sessions Judge acquitted Gaurishankar Mahesh Prasad of charges under Sections 80 (dowry death) and 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The prosecution failed to prove that the accused abetted his wife Nishi Kumariya's suicide through dowry-related cruelty. The court found the evidence of alleged unlawful demands vague and unreliable, noting the prosecution did not collect phone records (CDR/SDR) to corroborate claimed communications between deceased and her father, and did not establish that demands constituted "dowry" as legally defined. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 16-Mar-2026

    Disposed

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Gangapur

  4. 12-Mar-2026

    Judgment

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Gangapur

  5. 05-Mar-2026

    Arguments

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Gangapur

  6. 25-Feb-2026

    Statement U/sec.313 Cr.P.C.

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Gangapur

  7. 17-Feb-2026

    Statement U/sec.313 Cr.P.C.

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Gangapur

  8. 05-Feb-2026

    Evidence Part Heard

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Gangapur

  9. 14-Jan-2026

    Evidence Part Heard

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Gangapur

  10. 16-Dec-2025

    Evidence

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Gangapur

  11. 12-Nov-2025

    Admission and Denial

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Gangapur

  12. 01-Oct-2025

    Admission and Denial

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Gangapur

  13. 29-Aug-2025

    Charge

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Gangapur

  14. 10-Jul-2025

    Charge

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Gangapur

  15. 28-Apr-2025

    Charge

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Gangapur

  16. 17-Mar-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  17. 17-Dec-2024

    Case filed

    Registration No. 118/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: S.C.No.118 of 2025 Accused Acquitted in Dowry Death and Abetment Case The Additional Sessions Judge acquitted Gaurishankar Mahesh Prasad of charges under Sections 80 (dowry death) and 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The prosecution failed to prove that the accused abetted his wife Nishi Kumariya's suicide through dowry-related cruelty. The court found the evidence of alleged unlawful demands vague and unreliable, noting the prosecution did not collect phone records (CDR/SDR) to corroborate claimed communications between deceased and her father, and did not establish that demands constituted "dowry" as legally defined. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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