Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 609 · Decided 24 April 2009
Nepal Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 609 · [2009] 6 S.C.R. 982
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 383/2002
- Decided
- 24 April 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 378
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860/CODE OF CRIMINAL C PROCEDURE, 1973: Sections 304-B, 498-A/378 - Wife committing suicide - Demand of dowry alleged - Husband was charged for his wife's death - Trial Court acquitting him, giving him benefit 0 of doubt - High Court convicting him - Power of appellate court against the case, Held: Trial Court rightly noted there was no evidence regarding demand of dowry - High Court ought not have interfered with the well reasoned judgment of the trial court E directing acquittal. According to the Prosecution, deceased and appellant were husband and wife and that the
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