Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 323 · Decided 14 May 2010
Durga Prasad and ANR. v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 323 · [2010] 7 S.C.R. 104
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1081/2010
- Decided
- 14 May 2010
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, H.L. GOKHALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304; Evidence Act Section 304
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304-8, 498-A - Necessary ingredients to prove dowry death - Discussed - On facts, no C evidence led to prove that deceased was subjected to cruelty and harassment by appellants on account of dowry demand soon before her death - Case not made out for conviction under s.3048 of doubt, hence acquitted - Evidence Act, 1872 - D s.1138 - Crime against women- Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The question which arose for consideration in the present appeal was whether the courts below were justified in convicting the appellants under Section 498- A and Section 304-8 IPC on
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