Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 66 · Decided 6 February 2002
Gananath Pattanaik v. State of Orissa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 66 · [2002] 1 S.C.R. 845
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1/1995
- Decided
- 6 February 2002
- Bench
- R.P. SETHI, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 3048, 304B; Evidence Act Section 3048, 498A, 32
Headnote
A - v. ST A TE OF ORISSA FEBRUARY 6, 2002 [R.P. SETHI AND BISHESHWAR PRASAD SINGH, JJ.) B Criminal law: Penal Code, 1860/Evidence Act, 1872-Sections 3048 & 498A/Section 32-Dowry death-Cruelty-Suicide by wife-Conviction of husband by trial C court and High Court for cruelty-Held, mental for commission of cruelty-Hence husband acquitted giving benefit of doubt. D Wife of cppellant committed suicide by hanJing herself in the house. An FIR was IOOged with the po!il:e by the father of the deceased el?:ging murder of his daughter by the appellant and his family members. The
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