Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 6 · Decided 7 January 2009
Deen Dayal & ORS. v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 6 · [2009] 1 S.C.R. 56
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 67/2006
- Decided
- 7 January 2009
- Bench
- LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA, AFTAB ALAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498, 498A, 3048
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.498-A, and 304-8 - Dowry death - Woman found dead in well - Two injuries found, one on her - c nose and other in parietal area of the head, which could not be caused in course of fall into the water- Doctor was definite that two injuries were the result of two separate blows of witness show that soon before her death, she was subjected to cruelty and D harassment by her husband and in laws due to non fulfilment of dowry demand - Held: Husband and in laws guilty under ' ss.498-A s.304-8 - Crime against woman. Evidence - Reading of - Held: To be read as a whole . E
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