Supreme Court of India

Arulvelu and Another v. State Represented by the Public Prosecutor and Another

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Reported as [2009] 14 S.C.R. 1081

Bench Dalveer Bhandari and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.

Decided 7 October 2009

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court has interfered with the order of acquittal passed by the trial court not only for no substantial reasons but also by ignoring material infirmities in the prosecution case.

Judgment, page 25

From the headnote

I .. Penal Code, 1860: s. 3048, 498A - Suicide committed by wife of first accused - Suicide note not blaming any one - c Trial court acquitting first accused and his father - Conviction by High Court holding that there must be intolerable harassment meted out to the deceased which prompted her to commit suicide - On appeal, held: In criminal cases, conviction can be sustained only when there is clear )> evidence beyond reasonable doubt - High Court while reversing judgment of trial court observed that in all probabilities, there was demand of dowry and the deceased was harassed by the first

Authorities it was built on

2007 State of Goa v. Sanjay Thakran and Anr. cited by 32

Where later benches applied it

2011 S. Ganesan v. Rama Raghuraman &.ors relied on
2009 Rathinam @ Rathinan v. State of Tamil Nadu and Anr. relied on
2024 Neelam Gupta & Ors. v. Rajendra Kumar Gupta & Anr. referred to
2021 Achhar Singh v. State of Himachal Pradesh referred to
2019 Rohitbhai Jivanlal Patel v. State of Gujarat & Anr. referred to
2023 Harvinder Singh @ Bachhu v. The State of Himachal Pradesh mentioned
2022 Jafarudheen & Ors. v. State of Kerala mentioned
2022 Geeta Devi v. State of U.P. & Ors. mentioned
2021 Mohan @srinivas @seena @tailor Seena v. The State of Karnataka mentioned
2021 Guru Dutt Pathak v. State of Uttar Pradesh mentioned
2021 Nagabhushan v. The State of Karnataka mentioned
2020 Chaman Lal v. The State of Himachal Pradesh mentioned
2020 Anwar Ali and Another v. The State of Himachal Pradesh mentioned
2016 Brij Lal v. State of Rajasthan mentioned
2012 Jugendra Singh v. State of U.P. mentioned
2011 Kilakkatha Parambath Sasi & Ors. v. State of Kerala mentioned
2010 Satyavir Singh v. State of U.P. mentioned
2010 Uday Chakraborty & Ors. v. State of West Bengal not applicable

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 12 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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