Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 477 · Decided 11 October 2000
Basavaraj R. Patil and ORS. v. State of Karnataka and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 477 · [2000] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 658
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 869/2000
- Decided
- 11 October 2000
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI, S.N. VARIAVA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 313(2), 313(1)
Headnote
Criminal Law-Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-Section 313(2)­ Questioning of the accused in a warrant case-After closing of evidence by C prosecution-Held (per Majority), can be dispensed with on request by accused-Principles laid down for such exemption. · Respondent lodged a complaint his sister and their parents had ill-treated her for not bringing more dowry; and that she was pestered with persistent D demand for more amount of dowry. The police conducted investigation on the said complaint and laid a charge-sheet against both the appellants and their parents. The trial
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