Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 671 · Decided 2 December 2020
Sandeep Kumar and Others v. State of Uttarakhand and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 671 · [2020] 13 S.C.R. 848
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1512/2017
- Decided
- 2 December 2020
- Bench
- R.F. NARIMAN, K.M. JOSEPH, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304B; CrPC Section 378, 386, 313; Evidence Act Section 113B
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.304B - Dowry Death - Poisoning alleged - Appellants (husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law) acquitted by trial court - Acquittal set aside by High Court - On appeal, held: PW1 (father of the victim) no demand for dowry before or at the time of marriage - Version about the demand for Rs.10 lakhs by first appellant (husband) is wholly unacceptable - Further, there is no evidence that the deceased died of poisoning - Police did not recover any poison from the appellants or
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