Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 225 · Decided 10 May 2012
Rajesh Bhatnagar v. State of Uttarakhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 225 · [2012] 5 S.C.R. 895
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 851/2010
- Decided
- 10 May 2012
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, RANJAN GOGOI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304
Headnote
895 RAJESH BHATNAGAR v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND (Criminal Appeal No. 851 of 2010) MAY 10, 2012 [SWATANTER KUMAR AND RANJAN GOGOi, JJ.) A B Penal Code, 1860 - s. 304-B - Dowry death - Prosecution case that husband, brother-in-law and mother-in-law of a woman burnt her to death after pouring kerosene Supreme Court - Held: PW2, mother of the deceased, deposed that demand of dowry in relation to various items persisted right D from date of engagement, uptil the death of deceased - Statement of PW2 corroborated by PW1, an uncle of the deceased - Definite ocular, expert and documentary evidence to
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