Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 205 · Decided 2 April 2013
Kulwant Singh & ORS. v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 205 · [2013] 5 S.C.R. 604
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1548/2007
- Decided
- 2 April 2013
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048, 498A; CrPC Section 161; Evidence Act Section 1138
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.3048 and 498A - Death of married woman within seven years of marriage at the house C of her in-laws in suspicious circumstances - She died due to aluminium phosphide poisoning - Conviction of husband and parents-in-law u/ss.3048 & 498A - Justification - Held: On facts, the FIR - Evidence on record clearly indicates that the deceased was D subje9ted to harassment for dowry not only by the husband (appellant no.1) but also by the parents-in-law (appellant nos.2 & 3) - Deceased was harassed for dowry till almost immediately before her death - Presumption of
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