Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 661 · Decided 14 September 2015
Bhanuben and ANR. v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 661 · [2015] 9 S.C.R. 1124
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1209/2015
- Decided
- 14 September 2015
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, V. GOPALA GOWDA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 306
Headnote
9 S.C.R. 1124 BHANUBENANDANR. v. STATE OF GUJARAT (Criminal Appeal No. 1209 of 2015) SEPTEMBER 14, 2015 [T. S.THAKUR AND V. GOPALA GOWDA, JJ.) Penal Code, 1860: s.498A, 306 - Dowry death - c Allegation that deceased committed suicide by taking poison as she was harassed for bringing dowry - D Evidence of the prosecution witnesses and the circumstantial evidence makes it amply clear that deceased was subjected to cruelty at the hands of her husband and her in-laws which had caused her grave mental and physical injury- The same had made her run away from matrimonial home several times
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)