Supreme Court of India

Rameshwar Dass v. State of Punjab & Anr.

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Reported as [2007] 13 S.C.R. 527
Bench S.B. Sinha and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.
Decided 13 December 2007

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We are of the opinion that the same does not have any relevance in the present case.

Judgment, page 12

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A_ Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 304B, 405 & 406/Dowry Prohibition Act; Ss.3 &4: c Unnatural death of wife/Dowry Death-Torturing of wife by husband and in-laws for demand of dowry forcing her to commit suicide-Relationship between husband and deceased-Whether cordial-Held: Accused-husband could not prove on the basis of letters i. allegedly written by the deceased that his relationship with the deceased was cordial-Acquittal of accused in complaint case filed against him later alleging commission of an offence by him u/ss. 405 & 406 !PC and ss. 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act not relevant as charges

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