Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 460 · Decided 2 July 2014
Davinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 460 · [2014] 9 S.C.R. 208
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 684/2011
- Decided
- 2 July 2014
- Bench
- S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA, S.A. BOBDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.3048 - Presumption under - C Essential ingredients - Discussed - In the instant case, the victim-deceased was harassed by accused-husband on account of dowry demand - Victim informed her brother a day prior to incident about the torture in connection with dowry - The next day, the D victim went to the matrimonial home of deceased they found her dead body in burnt condition - Courts below convicted accused-husband u/s.3048 - On appeal, held: The statements of brother and maternal uncle showed that the death took place within seven months of marriage - Death E was due
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