Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 528 · Decided 21 August 2006
Ram Badan Sharma v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 528 · [2006] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 795
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1493/2004
- Decided
- 21 August 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, DALVEER BHANDARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 201; Evidence Act Section 113
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860: Sections 304-B and 201. Dowry death-Parents of deceased-wife failed to give dowry articles­ The deceased was harassed and was ultimately killed by administering C poison to her by her husband and in-laws-The deceased died after eating 'Prasad' and thereafter she was neither to the . parents of the deceased-They came to know of the death only after three days-The accused persons clandestinely, secretly and hurriedly cremated D the deceased without informing the factum of death to the parents of the deceased-Trial court convicted the accused persons under Ss. 304-B
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