Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 302 · Decided 23 February 1996
Ravindra Trimbak Chouthmal v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 302 · [1996] 2 S.C.R. 1009
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 252/1996
- Decided
- 23 February 1996
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, B.L. HANSARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201, 34, 1208
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860: Section 302-Dowry murder most foul­ Whether "rarest of the rare" type-Extreme penalty of death-Whether merited. A B Indian Penal Code, 1860: Sections 201/34: Dowry murde1~Attrocious C act of severing head of deceased and cutting her body into nine pieces to 316 & 498A/34: Dowry murder-Death of child in deceased's womb-Killing whether separately intended-Husband's cmelty towards D woman--Significance in view of murder. The appellant had married deceased against wishes of his father. She was persecuted and could live with her husband only for a
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