Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 284 · Decided 3 May 2006
Sahebrao and ANR. v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 284 · [2006] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 737
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1507/2005
- Decided
- 3 May 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498, 306; CrPC; Evidence Act Section 113
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860: Section 498-A-Cruelty-Married woman subjected to cruelty-By husband and other relatives-Soon after the marriage of the accused with C the deceased, the husband and his elder brother demanded additional dowry amount and a tape recorder-At her matrimonial home, deceased was convicted accused under S. 498-A-High Court affirmed conviction-Correctness of-Held: The facts D clearly establish that the husband and his elder brother subjected the deceased to cruelty-Hence, their conviction under S. 498-A was based on cogent and reliable evidence. Evidence Act, 1872:
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