Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 684 · Decided 9 August 2018
Siddaling v. The State, Through Kalagi Police Station
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 684 · [2018] 10 S.C.R. 906
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1606/2009
- Decided
- 9 August 2018
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, VINEET SARAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498, 306, 3, 4, 6
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.498-A, 306 - Wife of appellant-accused committed suicide within four months of marriage - Prosecution alleged that such extreme step was taken by the victim due to dowry harassment and cruelty meted out to her, as appellant was having woman - Trial Court convicted appellant-accused - Conviction maintained by the High Court - On appeal, held: High Court rightly maintained the conviction of the appellant-accused - Prosecution had adduced documentary evidence vide which appellant-accused had admitted
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