Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 9 · Decided 5 January 2007
Appasaheb and ANR. v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 9 · [2007] 1 S.C.R. 164
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1613/2005
- Decided
- 5 January 2007
- Bench
- G.P. MATHUR, R.V. RAVEENDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Section 304-B-Applicabi/i~cope of-Held: Demand of money for meeting domestic expenses or for purchasing manure nat demand for 'dowry' so as to attract section 304-B-Thus, essential ingredient of section 304-B, demand for dowry not established-Conviction of accused for causing sustainable-Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961-Section 2. Words and Phrases: 'Dowry '-Meaning of. in the context of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. According to the prosecution case, B-wife ended her life within two and a half years of marriage by consuming poison because of harassment caused to her by
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