Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 324 · Decided 5 March 2009
Madan Lal and ANR. v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 324 · [2009] 4 S.C.R. 501
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1701/2005
- Decided
- 5 March 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss.304-B, 498-A - Death on account A B of alleged dowry demand - Injuries found on the neck of deceased - Trial court ordered acquittal holding that deceased C suffering from epilepsy and possibility of her death on account of fit of epilepsy not ruled out - High Court set aside order was full of surmises and conjectures - Conviction as recorded by High Court cannot be faulted - Considering background facts of the case, D sentence in respect of s. 304-B reduced to seven years which is minimum - Evidence - Medical evidence. Prosecution case was that accused persons
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