Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 379 · Decided 8 July 2010
Ashok Kumar v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 379 · [2010] 7 S.C.R. 1119
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1489/2004
- Decided
- 8 July 2010
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, SWATANTER KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304; CrPC Section 313; Constitution
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: A B s. 304-8 rlw s.2 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 - Dowry c death - Conviction - Plea that every demand could not be termed as dowry demand - HELD: The expressions 'or any time after the marriage' and 'in connection with the marriage' cover all demands made at the time, before connection with the marriage - 0 The expression 'demand for dowry' has to be construed ejusdem generis to the word immediately preceding the expression - The expression 'in connection with the marriage' has to be given a wider connotation - In the instant case, the evidence of prosecution
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