Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1421 · Decided 12 December 2008
Tarsem Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1421 · [2008] 17 S.C.R. 379
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 476/2005
- Decided
- 12 December 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048, 302; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 1138, 106
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.3048 - Conviction under - Held: . ~ In the absence of proof that any demand of dowry was made soon before the death of the deceased, the conviction is not c proper - Evidence Act, 1872 - s. 1138. Prosecution case was that the deceased-wife was tortured on account of bringing was mostly residing with her parents. Appellant was employed in Army. A few days 0 prior to the date of occurrence, appellant-husband wrote letters to his father and brother showing his unwillingness j to keep the deceased with him. It was also stated in the letters that during his visit to the
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