Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 806 · Decided 25 November 2014
Jagdish & ORS. v. State of Uttaranchal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 806 · [2014] 11 S.C.R. 191
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1097/2012
- Decided
- 25 November 2014
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, R. BANUMATHI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 3048; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 1138
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 498A, 3048; Dowry Prohibition Act A B - ss. 3 and 4 - Dowry death - Death by bum injuries - Within C 7 years of marriage - Persistent demand of motorcycle and cash by husband and family members - A year prior to death, in a panchayat, compromise deed also executed to not harass victim-deceased in future - Deceased burnt to death - Haste cremation without o waiting for family of the deceased - Courts below held all the accused guilty - Husband and parents-in-law died and case against them abated - Appeal by father-in-law's brother and by brother-in-law
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