Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 299 · Decided 28 May 2021
Gurmeet Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 299 · [2021] 7 S.C.R. 153
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1731/2010
- Decided
- 28 May 2021
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 304B, 498A; Evidence Act Section 113B
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.304-B - Death of married woman after she consumed poison in her matrimonial home - Conviction of appellant-husband by Courts below - Challenge to - Held: On facts, not acceptable - Death was caused within seven years of marriage in inspiring testimony of deceased's father (PW4) about continuing harassment meted out to deceased on account of dowry - Prosecution having satisfied the necessary ingredients u/s.304B IPC, the presumption u/s.113-B, Evidence Act took full effect, which was not rebutted by the
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