Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 528 · Decided 8 May 2007
Raja Lal Singh v. The State of Jharkhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 528 · [2007] 6 S.C.R. 105
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 513/2006
- Decided
- 8 May 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
B Penal Code, I 860: S. 304-B/34-Deceasedfound dead due to hanging in her room on the first floor of the building-No evidence to show that brother-in-law and C sister-in-law who were living on the ground floor of the building had hand in the incident which led lo her death-Benefit of doubt given dowry article-Commilled Suicide -S. 304-B is applicable-Husband rightly convicted. S.304-B-Expression 'soon before her death '-Meaning of-Discussed. Prosecution's case was that the deceased was married to the appellant. E After 3 months, she came back to her parents house and told her father PW-
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