Supreme Court of India
Gananath Pattanaik v. State of Orissa
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid letter it could not be held that the deceased had conceived an apprehension about the relationship of the appellant with his sister-in-law.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Criminal law: Penal Code, 1860/Evidence Act, 1872-Sections 3048 & 498A/Section 32-Dowry death-Cruelty-Suicide by wife-Conviction of husband by trial court and High Court for cruelty-Held, mental torture and abnormfal behaviour may amount to cruelty-Statement of deceased to her family members is not admissible for the offence of cruelty being hearsay evidence- On facts, no legal evidence for commission of cruelty-Hence husband acquitted giving benefit of doubt. Wife of cppellant committed suicide by hanJing herself in the house. An FIR was IOOged with the po!il:e by the father of the deceased
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Pinakin Mahipatray Rawal v. State of Gujarat
- 2012 U. Sree v. U. Srinivas
- 2007 Samarghosh v. Jaya Ghosh
- 2022 Surendran v. State of Kerela
Of those, 2 referred to · 1 mentioned · 1 partly overruled
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