Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 76 · Decided 9 February 1998
Pawan Kumar and ORS. v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 76 · [1998] 1 S.C.R. 746
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 604/1991
- Decided
- 9 February 1998
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, AJAY PRAKASH MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304; Evidence Act Section 113
Headnote
Criminal Law: Penal Code, 1860 Section 304-B-lngredients of-Dowry death-Presumption of­ ' 'Demanli of dowry' '-Proof of-Burden-Cruelty or harassment of wife-Jn connection with demand of dowry by husband soon before the death of his wife by suicide-Husband and his relatives demanded scooter and to repeated taunts and maltreatment-Quarrel took place between husband and deceased at her sister's house one day before death-While going with her husband deceased told her sister that it would be difficult to see her face in the future-Held: Demand of dowry is punishable if ingredients of
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