Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 585 · Decided 12 December 2012
Kashmir Kaur & ANR. v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 585 · [2012] 11 S.C.R. 802
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 915/2008
- Decided
- 12 December 2012
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048, 498A, 0; Evidence Act Section 1138; Constitution Article 20
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 3048 - Dowry death - Applicability C of s.3048 - Main ingredient of the offence to be established - Held: Is that soon before the death of the deceased, she was subjected to cruelty and harassment in connection with demand of dowry - Expression "soon before" - term and it would depend upon circumstances of D each case - Proximity test - There must be existence of a proximate or life link between the effect of cruelty based on dowry demand and the concerned death - Words and Phrases - ·soon before" - Meaning of. E Penal Code, 1860- s.3048
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