Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 570 · Decided 1 October 2020
Gurcharan Singh v. The State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 570 · [2020] 8 S.C.R. 742
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 40/2011
- Decided
- 1 October 2020
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, HRISHIKESH ROY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 107, 34, 304B, 498A
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 306, 107 - A young married lady with two minor children committed suicide - The Trial Court convicted lady's husband-appellant u/s. 306 IPC and sentenced him to 4 years rigorous imprisonment - The conviction u/s. 306 IPC was upheld by the High no direct evidence of cruelty against the husband or the in-laws - There is nothing on record to show which particular hope or expectation of the deceased was frustrated by the husband - Evidence is also lacking on wilful neglect of the appellant, which led to the suicidal death
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