Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 35 · Decided 11 January 2022
Meera v. State BY the Inspector of Police Thiruvotriyur Police Station Chennai
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 35 · [2022] 1 S.C.R. 223
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 31/2022
- Decided
- 11 January 2022
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 306; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.498A - Death of married woman due to self-immolation - Allegation of dowry demand against in-laws - Conviction of mother-in-law and one year RI - Challenged - Held: Deceased was staying with her in-laws, while husband of deceased - It was established and proved that deceased was subjected to torture/cruelty by her mother-in-law (appellant) regarding jewellery - Conviction of appellant u/s.498-A was, therefore, justified - As regards the plea of lenient view in sentencing, incident having occurred in 2006
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