Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 900 · Decided 4 August 2008
Baldev Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 900 · [2008] 11 S.C.R. 828
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1214/2008
- Decided
- 4 August 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048; Evidence Act Section 113, 1138
Headnote
'1 Penal Code, 1860 - s. 3048: Dowry death - Proximity test - Held: There must be ma- fl c terial to show that "soon before" death, the victim was subjected to cruelty or harassment- Prosecution has to rule out the pos- sibility of natural or accidental death so as to bring it within than in normal circum- stances' - On facts, demand for wife's share in estate of her D late father did not amount to dowry demand, but other demands and documentary evidence clearly established demand for dowry - Conviction of husband as recorded by Courts below '<( ~, sustained - Custodial
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