Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 364 · Decided 6 May 2014
Satish Chandra & ANR. v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 364 · [2014] 6 S.C.R. 23
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 211/2010
- Decided
- 6 May 2014
- Bench
- S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 304, 3048; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 498A - Suicide by married woman within 3 years of marriage - Dying declaration recorded by Executive Magistrate (PW2) with certification by attending doctor (PW5) - Conviction of husband and mother-in-law by Courts below uls. 498A - If justified - Held: Deceased in her mother-in-law used to fight with her regularly on account of demand of gold chain which her parents could not fulfill and that she had fight on the fateful day also and being tired of such regular fights she poured kerosene oil on her and set herself on fire - Clearly, immediate cause of
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