Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 301 · Decided 28 May 2021
Satbir Singh & Another v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 301 · [2021] 7 S.C.R. 269
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1735/2010
- Decided
- 28 May 2021
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304B; CrPC Section 233, 232; Evidence Act Section 113B, 113A, 113
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 304B - Dowry death - Conviction under - Prosecution case that the victim committed suicide by setting herself ablaze just after one year of her marriage and that soon before her death, she was subjected to cruelty and harassment for bringing less dowry by the offences u/s. 304B and 306 with 7 years and 5 years rigorous imprisonment respectively - High Court upheld the order of the trial court - On appeal, held: Prosecution was able to successfully prove that the death of the victim due to burn injuries took place within one year of her
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