Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 448 · Decided 1 April 2009
Satish Kumar Batra & ORS. v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 448 · [2009] 5 S.C.R. 451
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 976/2001
- Decided
- 1 April 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A; CrPC; Evidence Act
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 498A - Wife subjected to cruelty on account of dowry demand - Conviction of husband and his relatives uls. 498A by courts below - Justification of - Held: Evidence of complainant-wife, mother and brother, clear and cogent and A B c ~ + establishes accusations as regard the upheld and sentence reduced to the period already undergone - However, lot of improvements in the evidence of complainant-wife, mother and brother as regard appellant no. 2 and 3 - Pr:Jsecution unable to establish their accusations, thus, conviction of appellant no. 2 and 3 set aside. E s.
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