Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 434 · Decided 31 March 2009
Bhaskar Ramappa Madar and ORS. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 434 · [2009] 5 S.C.R. 256
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 415/2002
- Decided
- 31 March 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 498A; CrPC Section 378
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 306 and 498A - Married woman c committed suicide - Allegedly due to ill-treatment and harassment for dowry by husband and in-laws - Case of prosecution that accused persons coerced deceased to bring more dowry and accordingly mother of deceased to husband of deceased, but D harassment continued - Accused in defence pleaded that ~ husband of deceased was having a truck which met with accident and mother of deceased gave the cheque for repairs of said truck and not as dowry - Trial court acquitted the accused-appellants - High
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