Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 403 · Decided 14 September 2012
Mustafa Shahadal Shaikh v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 403 · [2012] 7 S.C.R. 560
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1406/2008
- Decided
- 14 September 2012
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 3048, 498A; Evidence Act Section 1138
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c ss.3048 and 498A rlw s.34 - Dowry death - Cruelty by husband -Appellant's wife committed suicide at her matrimonial home - Death occurred within seven months of marriage - On the date of death, appellant and his parents alone were in the house - Conviction of appellant 34 - Challenge to - Held: The evidence of PWs 4, 6, 7 and 9 (grand-father, father, mother and brother of the deceased) clearly proved torture, harassment, and demand of dowry, at the hands of the accused including the appellant - Even 5 days prior to her death, deceased had told PW6 about the
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