Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 945 · Decided 24 July 2009
Undavali Narayana Rao v. State of A.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 945 · [2009] 11 S.C.R. 660
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 594/2004
- Decided
- 24 July 2009
- Bench
- MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A
Headnote
.. Penal Code, 1860 - s.498A - Wife committing suicide \- c - Conviction of a9cused-husband under s. 498A - Justification of - Held: The conviction was justified - There was coercive harassment and torture for dowry - No attempt was made by husband or mother-in-law to inform family members of Dead body was D hurriedly cremated Without any autopsy having been conducted - No medical evidence was led by defence to ,4...~ establish their claim that wife was ailing from before and died of natural death - Delay in launching criminal prosecution was explained by prosecution - Minor child of
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