Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 596 · Decided 12 October 2004
Randhir Singh and ANR. v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 596 · [2004] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 351
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 641/1999
- Decided
- 12 October 2004
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, C.K. THAKKER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 34
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-Section 306 r/w Section 34-Abetment of suicide­ Demand of dowry-Proved-Death occurring within 7 years of marriage­ Conviction by Courts below-On appeal, held: Conviction justified as demand C is proved-In the facts of the case custodial sentence reduced to 3 years. Words to the deceased, daughter of D PW-9-informant. It was alleged that from the very beginning of the marriage the appellants-accused had been making demand of more dowry and abusing the deceased to bring more money from her parents and used to threaten her with second marriage in case she did
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