Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 30 · Decided 11 January 2022
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Jogendra & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 30 · [2022] 2 S.C.R. 295
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 190/2012
- Decided
- 11 January 2022
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, A.S. BOPANNA, HIMA KOHLI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.304-B, 498-A - Dowry death - Prosecution case was that fed up with the constant dowry demands made on her by the respondents (husband and father-in-law), which her family could not satisfy, the victim-deceased committed suicide by immolating herself at her - Conviction of respondents for offence under ss.304B, 498A and 306 - On appeal, held: All the four pre-requisites for invoking s.304-B were satisfied, namely, that the death of the victim-deceased took place at her matrimonial home within seven years of her marriage; that the
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