Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 159 · Decided 13 March 2013
Vipin JAISWAL(A-1) v. State of A.P. REP.BY PUB.PROSECUTOR
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 159 · [2013] 3 S.C.R. 449
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1431/2007
- Decided
- 13 March 2013
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048, 498A
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 3048 and 498A - Death of married woman -Conviction of appellant-husband ulss.3048 C and 498A - Justification - Held: Not justified - Demand, if at all made by the appellant on the deceased for purchasing a computer to start a business six months after the marriage, with the marriage and was not really a 'dowry demand' within the meaning of s.2 of the Dowry D Prohibition Act, 1961 - In any case, the prosecution witnesses made general allegations of harassment by the appellant towards the deceased and did not bring in evidence any specific acts of
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