Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 598 · Decided 9 September 2013
Pinakin Mahipatray Rawal v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 598 · [2013] 10 S.C.R. 306
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 811/2004
- Decided
- 9 September 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 306, 114; Evidence Act Section 113A
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 498A and 306 - Married woman C committing suicide within 7 years of marriage, allegedly due to extra-marital relationship between her husband (A-1) and husband's colleague (A-2) - Suicide note left by the deceased - Conviction of A-1 ulss. 498A and 306 - Justification - - A-1 did not ill-treat the deceased, either o physically or mentally demanding dowry, who was living with A-1, in the matrimonial home till the date, she committed suicide - The alleged extra-marital relationship was not of such a nature as to drive the wife to commit suicide - A-1 never
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