Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 376 · Decided 4 September 2012
Rakhal Debnath v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 376 · [2012] 7 S.C.R. 513
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 201/2010
- Decided
- 4 September 2012
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 498A, 107; CrPC; Evidence Act Section 113A
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - ss.306, 498A and 107 - Death of married woman due to burn injuries - Conviction of appellant- C husband ulss. 306 and 498A - Justification - Held: Justified - In the facts and circumstances of the case, the conclusion of High Court that deceased committed suicide cannot be the Evidence Act was duly attracted to the facts of the case - Deceased committed suicide within 35 days D from the gate of her marriage and the a/legation of cruelty was also fully established - Consistent statements of PWs disclosed that deceased was not happy with the marriage and complained
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