Supreme Court of India

Ashok Kumar v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [2010] 7 S.C.R. 1119

Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar JJ.

Decided 8 July 2010

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9 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid definition of the word "dowry" any property or valuable security should be given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly at or before or any time after the marriage and in connection with the marriage of the said parties.

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

PENAL CODE, 1860: s. 304-8 rlw s.2 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 - Dowry c death - Conviction - Plea that every demand could not be termed as dowry demand - HELD: The expressions 'or any time after the marriage' and 'in connection with the marriage' cover all demands made at the time, before or after the marriage so far they were in connection with the marriage - 0 The expression 'demand for dowry' has to be construed ejusdem generis to the word immediately preceding the expression - The expression 'in connection with the marriage' has to be given a wider connotation - In the instant case,

Authorities it was built on

2003 Kaliyaperumal and Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu cited by 10
2007 Appasaheb and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra cited by 7
2001 Satvir Singh and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Anr. cited by 6
2004 State of Andhra Pradesh v. Raj Gopal Asawa and Anr. cited by 3
2008 Tarsem Singh v. State of Punjab cited by 3
2007 Devi Lal v. State of Rajasthan cited by 3
2008 Ran Singh and Anr. v. State of Haryana and Anr. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2015 Rajinder Singh v. State of Punjab relied on
2012 Kashmir Kaur & Anr. v. State of Punjab relied on
2012 Kuria & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan relied on
2012 Pathan Hussain Basha v. State of A.P. relied on
2022 Devender Singh & Ors. v. The State of Uttarakhand referred to
2021 Parvati Devi v. The State of Bihar Now State of Jharkhand & Ors. referred to
2018 Jagjit Singh v. State of Punjab referred to
2015 Sher Singh @ Partapa v. State of Haryana referred to
2012 Atmaram & Ors. v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to

Of those, 4 relied on · 5 referred to

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