Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 80 · Decided 5 February 2010
G.V. Siddaramesh v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 80 · [2010] 2 S.C.R. 380
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 160/2006
- Decided
- 5 February 2010
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, H.L. DATTU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 498A; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 113
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.304-B and 498A - Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 - ss.3 and 4 - Dowry death - Wife C subjected to cruelty and harassment by husband on account of demand for dowry - Wife committed suicide by hanging herself - Conviction and sentence u/ss.304-B, 498A and ss.3,4 of 1961 Act partly modified - On appeal, held: Ingredients of D s.304-B satisfied - It pointed towards the guilt of husband - Husband failed to discharge presumption raised against him - Conviction uls 304-B upheld but sentence reduc~d from life imprisonment to R. I. for 10 years while other conviction and
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