Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 235 · Decided 23 February 2009
Syed Hakkim and Anr v. State REP. BY DY. Superintendent of Police, Karur District, Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 235 · [2009] 2 S.C.R. 1060
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 365/2009
- Decided
- 23 February 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 498A
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 498A - Death of wife - · Allegedly due to strangulation- by husband and in-f.aws on C account of non-fulfillment of dowry demand - Conviction by Courts below under ss. 302 and 498A, on basis of circumstantial evidence - in conclusion of Courts below that dowry demand was made, particularly in view of evidence of prosecution witnesses - Conviction in terms of D s. 498A confirmed - However, as circumstances highlighted by prosecution to bring in application of s.302 /PC were · insufficient and scanty,
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