Supreme Court of India

Satvir Singh and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Anr.

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 353

Bench K.T. Thomas and S.N. Variava JJ.

Decided 27 September 2001

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: Section 306-Abetment-Conviction under-Victim survived attempt to commit suicide-Held, conviction not justified-Condition precedent .for punishment is that the o.ffence abetted should necessarily have been committed. Section 116 read with Section 306-Conviction under-Held, not justified-Since there cannot be abetment o.f an abetment. Section 3048-Conviction under-Attempt to commit suicide on account of cruelty at nuptial home-Insufficiency of evidence to show that victim subjected to cruelty for demand of dowry soon be.fore attempt to commit suicide-Held, conviction

Where later benches applied it

2019 Mahesh Kumar v. State of Haryana relied on
2013 Bhupendra v. State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2015 Maya Devi & Anr. v. State of Haryana referred to
2014 Kanchanben Purshottambhai Bhanderi v. State of Gujarat referred to
2013 Gurnaib Singh v. State of Punjab referred to
2010 Ashok Kumar v. State of Haryana referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to

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