Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 756 · Decided 13 November 2013
Surinder Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 756 · [2013] 14 S.C.R. 825
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1791/2008
- Decided
- 13 November 2013
- Bench
- RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048, 498A; Evidence Act Section 3048, 1138
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 3048 and 498A - Dowry death - Conviction of husband by courts below - On appeal, held: Prosecution successfully proved its case against the husband-accused - The deceased died on account of burns in the house of the accused otherwise than under normal circumstances within 94 of deceased) proved that she was unhappy in the matrimonial house being ill-treated for having brought · insufficient dowry - Conviction upheld. Presumption - Dowry death - Presumption uls. 1138 of Evidence Act and s. 3048 /PC - When can be raised - Held: Such presumption can be
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