Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 846 · Decided 5 December 1995
State of Punjab v. Gurdip Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 846 · [1995] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 252
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 919/1981
- Decided
- 5 December 1995
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306
Headnote
OF PUNJAB v. GURDIP SINGH AND ORS. DECEMBER 5, 1995 (G.N. RAY AND G.T. NANAVATI,JJ.] Indian Penal Code, 1861}-Section 306-Acquittal for offence unde1- Suicide by young bride--Case of maltreatment and instigating deceased to commit suicid~ot proved-Acquittal legally sustainable. The respondents by the High Court. D According to the prosecution, the deceased got married to accused in February, 1978 and shortly after the marriage, she was ill treated by the accused for not bringing sufficient dowry; that PW 14, the sister of the mother of the deceased being the resident of the same
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