Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 477 · Decided 8 July 2014
State of Maharashtra v. Rajendra & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 477 · [2014] 14 S.C.R. 393
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 719/2010
- Decided
- 8 July 2014
- Bench
- S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA, V. GOPALA GOWDA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 113, 34, 306; Evidence Act
Headnote
Pena/Code, 1860-ss.306, 304-Band498-Ar/w. s.34 A B - Dowry death-Acquittal by trial court- Cpnviction by High Court - On appeal, held.' Prosecution successfully proved C and established its case u/ss. 498-A and 304-B, hence conviction thereunder affinned- Since the case uls. 306 has not been thereunder set aside. EvidenceAct, 1872-s.113-B-Presumption under- D Raising of- Conditions for. Partly allowing the appeals, the Court HELD: 1. In dowry death cases direct evidence may not be available. Such cases may be proved by E circumstantial evidence. Section 394-B IPC read with 113-B
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