Supreme Court of India

Lella Srinivasa Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh

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Reported as [2004] 2 S.C.R. 659
Bench N. Santosh Hegde and B.P. Singh JJ.
Decided 26 February 2004

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly, we allow this appeal and acquit the appellant of the charge under Section 498- C A l.P.C. Since the case of accused No.2 Smt.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860-Sections 306 and 498- -Prosecution case that wife committed suicide along with her 1 112 years old daughter owing to cruelty and harassment meted out to her by her husband and his mother-Two inconsistent dying declarations recorded-Complicity of husband disclosed only in the second declaration-No allegation by wife's father and other relatives with regard to torture and harassment-According to them there was some misunderstanding between husband and wife-Wife annoyed with the fact of bringing up children of her husbands' deceased sister by her ~usband's family-Conviction of

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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