Supreme Court of India
Amar Singh v. State of Rajasthan
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What the Court ordered
In the result, the appec.; is partly allowed and the sentence of life imprisonment imposed on the appellant under Section 3048 IPC is reduced to ten years and the impugned F judgment of the High Court is modified accordingly.
Judgment, page 14
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 3048 - Dowry death - Held: An offence is made out uls. 3048, if the woman was subjected to cruelty or harassment in connection with dowry demand soon before her death - Mere demand of dowry would not attract provision of s. 3048 - On facts, prosecution proved beyood reasonable doubt that the deceased-wife was tortured by appellant-husband on account of demand of scooter/cash, two months prior to her death - Prosecution led sufficient evidence to raise presumption uls. 1138 that husband caused dowry death of the deceased - Husband did not rebut the presumption - He was
Where later benches applied it
- 2015 Monju Roy & Ors. v. State of West Bengal
- 2025 Neeraj Kumar @ Neeraj Yadav v. State of U.P. & Ors.
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