Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 404 · Decided 20 April 2023
Charan Singh @ Charanjit Singh v. The State of Uttarakhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 404 · [2023] 3 S.C.R. 511
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 447/2012
- Decided
- 20 April 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, RAJESH BINDAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 304B, 498A, 201; Evidence Act Section 113B, 113
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 : ss. 304 B, 498 A and 201 - Dowry Death - Presumption as to dowry death - Prosecution case that woman married two years ago, killed by her husband-appellant and in- laws for dowry - Death was unnatural and the victim was cremated without even informing her the appellant, brother-in-law and mother-in-law u/ss. 304 B, 498 A and 201 and sentenced them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years u/s 304B, rigorous imprisonment for two years respectively u/ ss. 498A and 201 - In appeal, the conviction and sentence of the brother-in-law
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