Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 672 · Decided 23 September 2014
S. Mahaboob Basha v. The State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 672 · [2014] 13 S.C.R. 1266
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2115/2014
- Decided
- 23 September 2014
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, R. BANUMATHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 34, 3, 4
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.498A - Conviction under, of appellant-husband by Courts below - Justification - Held: C Justified - PW-1(complainantl victim) was subjected to cruelty by her husband (appellant) and also harassment to meet the unlawful demand of dowry- Essential ingredients of s.498A /PC were cogent evidence to prove that after his second marriage, the D appellant was ill-treating PW-1 who had no reason to prosecute the appellant after ten years of marriage- On facts, interference with concurrent findings of fact by the courts below not warranted. E Sentence I Sentencing - Duty of the
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