Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 42 · Decided 14 January 2010
Sudhir Kumar v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 42 · [2010] 2 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1327/2003
- Decided
- 14 January 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, J.M. PANCHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 304(8); CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act
Headnote
PENAL Code, 1860: A B s. 304-B - Dowry death - Death of bride by 95% bum c injuries in her matrimonial home in 4 month after marriage - Husband, in-laws and sisters-in-law of deceased prosecuted - Husband convicted i3nd others acquitted - Plea of husband that since prosecution . case was of Evidence Act stood 0 rebutted and he was also entitled to acquittal - HELD: Prosecution case has been fully proved by oral and medical evidence - It is for the defence to dispel the presumption uls 113-B - It is true that four of the five accused have been acquitted and some of them on
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