Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 847 · Decided 17 December 2013
Tummala Venkateswar Rao v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 847 · [2013] 17 S.C.R. 573
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 552/2011
- Decided
- 17 December 2013
- Bench
- S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA, S.A. BOBDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048; Evidence Act
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860- s.3048 - Dowry death - Conviction c' of appellant-husband - Justification - Held: On. facts, justified - Evidence that not only the, appellant made demand of dowry alongwith other accused'l)ut that he specifically and individually also made such demand - Appellant the work.of servant maid and used to beat her for dowry - Sufficient evidenc~, to hold that deceased was D subjected to cruelty and harassment by appellant in connection with demand for dowry soon before her death·­ Moreover, no exculpatory evidence led in defence so as to rebut the
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