Supreme Court of India

Biswajit Halder @ Babu Halder and Ors. v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2007] 4 S.C.R. 120
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasa Yat and S.H. Kapadia JJ.
Decided 19 March 2007

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Penal Code, I 860: ,._ c s. 304B-Applicability of-Held, applicable when cruelty or harassment is in connection with dowry demand-Evidence Act, 1872-s. I 13B-Dowry death. Prosecutions case is that deceased was subjected to harassment by her ;, husband and in-laws on account of non-fulfillment of dowry demand. She committed suicide. Trial Court convict~d husband and in-laws under ss.304B and 498A IPC and ss.3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and passed various sentences. They filed appeal before High Court wherein it was held / that the appellants were to suffer the minimum sentence as

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Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to · 2 mentioned

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