Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 680 · Decided 7 October 2013
State of Rajasthan v. Girdhari Lal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 680 · [2013] 10 S.C.R. 443
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1186/2008
- Decided
- 7 October 2013
- Bench
- S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 3048; Evidence Act Section 113A, 1138
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 306 and 3048 - Death of married woman due to burn injuries within 7 years of marriage - C Deceased was daughter of PW1 - Trial court convicted accused-husband (respondent) uls.3048 /PC and sentenced him to undergo life imprisonment - On appeal, High Court converted the /PC and reduced the sentence from life imprisonment to five years D imprisonment - Justification - Whether death of PW1's daughter was an instance of dowry death or she was driven to commit suicide by respondent - Held: No specific allegation as to whether respondent demanded dowry - No evidence
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