Supreme Court of India

Kans Raj v. State of Punjab and Ors.

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Reported as [2000] 3 S.C.R. 662

Decided 26 April 2000

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11 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the prosecution has proved the persistent demand of dowry and continuous cruelty and harassment to the deceased by her husband.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

c Penal Code, 1860/lndian Evidence Act, 1972 : Sections 304- , 498- and 3061113- -Death of a woman in her matrimonial house after three years of marriage-Death found to be not under ordinary circumstances but by asphyxia-Husband and other close relatives tried under Sections 304- , 498- and 306 1PC-Presumption of law under Section 113- of the Evidence Act drawn-All the accused convicted of all the offences charged Appeal filed by accused in the High Court against conviction and sentence Revision petition also filed by the appellant/father of the deceased for enhancement of sentence-Appeal

Where later benches applied it

2022 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Jogendra & Anr. relied on
2021 Gurmeet Singh v. State of Punjab relied on
2014 Dinesh v. State of Haryana relied on
2013 Surinder Singh v. State of Haryana relied on
2013 Bhola Ram v. State of Punjab relied on
2013 Suresh Kumar v. State of Haryana relied on
2013 Bhupendra v. State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2025 Sita Ram & Anr. v. The State of Himachal Pradesh referred to
2021 Satbir Singh & Another v. State of Haryana referred to
2020 Kashmira Devi v. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. referred to
2016 State of Karnataka v. Dattaraj & Others referred to

Of those, 7 relied on · 4 referred to

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