Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 99 · Decided 28 January 2020
Kashmira Devi v. State of Uttarakhand & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 99 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 152
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 724/2019
- Decided
- 28 January 2020
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, A.S. BOPANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 304B; Evidence Act Section 113
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.304-B, 498-A - Case of the prosecution is that victim (since deceased) was married to proforma respondent no.3 - Accused persons used to beat and harass the victim - Due to such ill treatment by her in-laws for dowry the victim came back to her PW1 (mother of the victim) & PW3 (father) sent her back to matrimonial house - PW1 through the news spread amongst the villagers got to know that the victim was burnt - Trial court acquitted appellant (mother-in-law) and the other accused persons - High Court convicted the
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