Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 737 · Decided 17 October 2014
Kuldeep Kaur v. State of Utiarakhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 737 · [2014] 10 S.C.R. 1100
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2267/2014
- Decided
- 17 October 2014
- Bench
- M.Y. EQBAL, PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 3, 4
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c s.306 - Abetment of suicide - Bride committing suicide in her matrimonial home within 4 months of marriage - No evidence regarding demand of dowry or harassment in that regard - Acquittal of appellant and all other accused persons of charges u/ss 498-A and 304 B - Conviction of adduced as against appellant does not establish the case u/s 306 and, as such, her conviction is set aside. Allowing the appeal, the Court E HELD: 1.1. A perusal of trial court judgment pertaining to deceased's husband would show that PW1, father of .the deceased, in his cross-examination
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