Supreme Court of India

G.V. Siddaramesh v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2010] 2 S.C.R. 380

Bench P. Sathasivam and H.L. Datiu JJ.

Decided 5 February 2010

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - ss.304- and 498A - Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 - ss.3 and 4 - Dowry death - Wife subjected to cruelty and harassment by husband on account of demand for dowry - Wife committed suicide by hanging herself - Conviction and sentence u/ss.304- , 498A and ss.3,4 of 1961 Act -Conviction upheld by High Court and sentence partly modified - On appeal, held: Ingredients of s.304- satisfied - It pointed towards the guilt of husband - Husband failed to discharge presumption raised against him - Conviction uls 304- upheld but sentence reduc~d from life imprisonment to R. I. for 10 years

Authorities it was built on

1994 Hem Chand v. State of Haryana cited by 6
2008 Hemchand Jha v. State of Bihar cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

2022 Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax 6 v. Khyati Realtors Pvt. Ltd. relied on
2014 Hari Om v. State of Haryana & Another 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

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to

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