Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 107 · Decided 11 February 2015
Bhim Singh and ANR. v. State of Utiarakhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 107 · [2015] 1 S.C.R. 1043
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2146/2009
- Decided
- 11 February 2015
- Bench
- M.Y. EQBAL, PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048, 498; Evidence Act Section 1138, 113A, 304
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860- ss.3048, 498-A- Prosecution under rlw. ss. 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act - Death caused by 90% bum injuries - Of a married women, in her matrimonial C house - Within 5 months of her marriage - Circumstantial evidence - Plea of the accused that the deceased committed On appeal, held: Prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the deceased was subjected to cruelty or harassment in D connection with demand of dowry - The courts therefore rightly raised presumption uls. 1138 of Evidence Act that the death was dowry death which the accused failed to rebut -
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