Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 147 · Decided 11 March 2013
Modinsab Kasimsab Kanchagar v. State of Karnataka & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 147 · [2013] 2 S.C.R. 357
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 512/2007
- Decided
- 11 March 2013
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 498A, 3048
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: . A. B c ss. 304-B and 498-A - Demand from husband through wife (deceased) for repayment of society loan - Held: The demand was not in connection with dowry, therefore, provisions of s.304-B were not attracted and appellant­ husband acquitted of the charge - But, 0 establishing that deceased was subjected to harassment by her husband on account of her failure to meet the said unlawful demand - Therefore, conviction u/s 498-A is maintained - Appellant sentenced for the period already undergone, which is approximately 2 years. E Dowry Prohibition
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