Supreme Court · 1989 INSC 295 · Decided 26 September 1989
Gurbachan Singh v. Satpal Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1989 INSC 295 · [1989] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 292
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 600/1989
- Decided
- 26 September 1989
- Bench
- SABYASACHI MUKHERJI, B.C. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 113A; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 113A
Headnote
Criminal Trial-Criminal charge must . be brought home­ Proved beyond all reasonable .doubt-abetment separate and· distinct offence-Letting guilty escape is '.not doing justice according to law. Raviitder Kaur, daughter· of Gurbachan Singh was married to ·C Satpal Singh in of the harass­ ment, constant taunts and cruel behaviour of her in-laws towards her and persistent demand for dowry and insinnuations that she was carry­ ing an illegitimate child. It is alleged, provoked by th.e aforesaid con- D duct and behaviour she committed suicide. The
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