Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 926 · Decided 29 November 2006
Devender Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 926 · [2006] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 840
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 277/2000
- Decided
- 29 November 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c ss. 306 and 498-A-Married woman died of burn injuries-Her son and father-in-law also received burn injuries, the latter while saving her-Cause of suicide alleged to be demand by her husband of money for raising some construction-High Court holding that purported demand did not D ,fttrported demand made by the husband had no direct nexus or immediate cause for commission of suicide by the ·wife, it would not amount to abetment of commission of such suicide-Husband being entitled to benefit of doubt, acquitted. E A married woman died of burn injuries within seven
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