Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 749 · Decided 28 October 2010
Satya Narayana Tiwari and ANR. v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 749 · [2010] 12 S.C.R. 1137
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1168/2005
- Decided
- 28 October 2010
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 4, 3048; Evidence Act Section 113
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: ss. 304-B and 498-A /PC and s. 4 of Dowry Prohibition c Act - Dowry death - Circumstantial evidence - Bride died of strangulation and burn injuries in her matrimonial home - Husband and mother-in-law of deceased charged with the offences - Acquittal by trial court - Conviction by judge recorded acquittal adopting a superfluous 0 approach without in-depth analysis of the evidence and circumstances established on record - He proceeded on wrong premise and irrelevant considerations -The ingredients of s. 304-B have been established - The presumption uls 113-B of Evidence
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