Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 95 · Decided 3 February 2011
Nachhattar Singh & ORS. v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 95 · [2011] 2 S.C.R. 478
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 808/2005
- Decided
- 3 February 2011
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 34, 3048, 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.306 - Abetment of suicide - C Unnatural death of married woman - A/legation of maltreatment of victim by husband and parents-in-law on account of dowry demand - Victim found dead - Medical opinion that death was caused by poisoning - Trial court convicted accused u/s.3048 - case uls. D 3048 was not made out but accused were liable to conviction u/s. 306 for having abetted the suicide of the victim - SLPs filed by husband and parents-in-law - SLP of husband dismissed - In respect of appeal filed by parents-in-law, held: There was no evidence to show that suicide
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