Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 1051 · Decided 22 November 2016
K.V. Prakash Babu v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 1051 · [2016] 11 S.C.R. 509
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1138/2016
- Decided
- 22 November 2016
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, AMITAVA ROY (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498, 306; Evidence Act Section 113
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 498-A and 306 - Cruelty - Mental cruelty - Extra-marital relationship if 'cruelty', amounting to abetment leading to the act of suicide -Appellant's wife on suspicion of husband's extra-marital affair committed suicide - Trial court convicted appellant u/s.498-A - High Court appellant guilty uls.306 - Held: Under s.498-A, the emphasis is on any wilful conduct which is of such a nature that is likely to drive a woman to commit suicide - It is associated with mental cruelty that can drive a woman to commit suicide - Mental cruelty varies from person to person
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