Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 21 · Decided 9 January 2015
Sher Singh @ Partapa v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 21 · [2015] 1 S.C.R. 29
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1592/2011
- Decided
- 9 January 2015
- Bench
- VIKRAMAJIT SEN, KURIAN JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048, 498A, 306; Evidence Act Section 29
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 3048 and 498A - Dowry death A B - Prosecution case that victim-wife committed suicide due to harassment for dowry by her husband and in-laws within one C year of marriage - Two months prior to her death she informed her brothers of cruelty connected with dowry demand - and father-in-law of the victim u/ss. 3048 and 498A by the trial court - High Court acquitting the brother-in-law and father-in- o law of the victim, however, upholding the conviction and sentence of the husband - On appeal, held: Once the concomitants of dowry death are established or
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