Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 388 · Decided 16 September 2002
MOHD. Hoshan, A.P. and ANR. v. State of A.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 388 · [2002] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 408
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 871/1996
- Decided
- 16 September 2002
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860; Sections 304-B, 306 and 498-A: Abetment to suicide­ W!fe subjected to cruelty by husband-Suicide by burning-Charges against C husband and his mother-Acquittal by trial Court on benefit of doubt-High Court o.n re-appreciation of evidence found them guilty of committing cruelty under Section 304-B-On appeal, held, cruelty is essentially a question of fact-Mental cruelty varies from person to person depending upon the D sensitivity and degree of endurance to withstand such cruelty-High Court rightly concluded that continuous taunting of the deceased by accused amounted
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