Supreme Court of India

Sanjay Kumar Jain v. State of Delhi

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Reported as [2010] 14 S.C.R. 1135
Bench Dalveer Bhandari and H.L. Gokhale JJ.
Decided 16 December 2010

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 3048 and 302 - Murder and dowry death - Death of married woman within fourteen months of marriage - Ante mortem bodily injuries on her body - Husband charged ulss. 302 and 3048 - Held: There was no consistency in the prosecution version with regard offence u/ s. 302 thus, accused cannot be convicted u/s. 302 - The parents of the deceased however testified that deceased was subjected to consistent cruelty and harassment by her husband in connection with demand for dowry soon before her death - Ingredients of s. 3048 having been satisfied, husband convicted u/s. 3048 and

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