Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 439 · Decided 1 July 2014
Manohar Lal v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 439 · [2014] 6 S.C.R. 263
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1188/2009
- Decided
- 1 July 2014
- Bench
- S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048
Headnote
A B PENAL CODE, 1860: s.3048 - Presumption under - Essential ingredients - Discussed - In the instant case, the c victim-deceased was subjected to harassment in connection with dowry demand and she died on account of burn injuries - Conviction of husband u/s.3048 by courts below - On appeal, held: deceased PW 1 was general and not specific - No specific incident was o indicated suggesting the cruelty or harassment made by the accvsed-husband - The statement of PW 1 was not reliable and not trustworthy - Though the allegation of demand of dowry was made, none of the witnesses including PW 1
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