Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 455 · Decided 29 July 2010
Dasrath v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 455 · [2010] 9 S.C.R. 266
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1645/2009
- Decided
- 29 July 2010
- Bench
- V.S. SIRPURKAR, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048, 302, 304B, 201; Evidence Act Section 1138
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.3048 - Dowry death - Appellant-husband and other accused allegedly poured kerosene on deceased and lit fire, which resulted in her death - Conviction of appellant u/s.3048 - Held: Appellant was rightly held guilty u/s.3048 - Deceased 0 died unnatural death within seven years of that kerosene residues found in the clothes of deceased - Evidence of witness that the demands were made on account of dowry and deceased was subjected to cruelty and harassment by her in-laws soon before her E death - Presumption uls. 1138 of Evidence Act also fully established the case of
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