Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1168 · Decided 7 October 2009
Arulvelu and Another v. State Represented BY the Public Prosecutor and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1168 · [2009] 14 S.C.R. 1081
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1233/2002
- Decided
- 7 October 2009
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048, 498A
Headnote
~ I .. Penal Code, 1860: s. 3048, 498A - Suicide committed by wife of first accused - Suicide note not blaming any one - c Trial court acquitting first accused and his father - Conviction by High Court holding that there must be intolerable harassment meted which prompted her to commit suicide - On appeal, held: In criminal cases, conviction can be sustained only when there is clear D )> evidence beyond reasonable doubt - High Court while reversing judgment of trial court observed that in all probabilities, there was demand of dowry and the
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