Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 892 · Decided 7 December 2015
Maya Devi & ANR. v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 892 · [2015] 11 S.C.R. 903
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1263/2011
- Decided
- 7 December 2015
- Bench
- VIKRAMAJIT SEN, R.K. AGRAWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048, 1138; Evidence Act Section 1138
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: A B ss. 3048 and 498A - Dowry death - Prosecution of C accused-husband, accused-mother-in-law and their other relatives - Trial court convicted appellants-accused (husband and mother-in-law) while acquitting the other accused -Appeal by the convicted accused and revision by 0 the conviction of appellants-accused altering their sentence of life imprisonment to 10 years RI - Acquittal of other accused was upheld- On appeal, held: It is clear from the record that the appellants-accused m~Jtreated, harassed and subjected E the deceased to cruelty soon before her death, for
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