Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 446 · Decided 6 October 1994
Hem Chand v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 446 · [1994] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 295
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 690/1994
- Decided
- 6 October 1994
- Bench
- P.B. SAWANT, K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY, G.N. RAY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 302; Evidence Act Section 113
Headnote
B Indian Penal Code, 1860 : Sections 304-B and 498-A. Dowry Death-CrnellfWife's unnatural death by strangulation within. seven years of maniage-Conviction-Sentence-Held extreme sentence of life C imprisonment should be awarded in rare cases-Life imprisonment reduced to 10 years rigorous of The appellant, a police employee, was prosecuted under Section 304-B and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The prosecution case was that the appellant was married to one S on 24.S.82. After the marriage he D had demanded dowry in kind and cash on many occasions. On 16.6.87, S
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