Supreme Court of India
Gurnaib Singh v. State of Punjab
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CONSTITUTION OF IND/ , 1950: Art. 136 - Scope of -- Held: When a conclusion is arrived c at by courts below which is manifestly erroneous and unsupported by evidence on record, Supreme Court, in exercise of power under Art. 136, can re-evaluate evidence and interfere. PENAL CODE, 1860: s.30+8, s.306 read with s.498- - 'Cruelty' - Abetment of suicide - Death of a young bride in her matrimonial home - Conviction and sentence of 7 yrs. RI u/s 304- by courts below - Held: Trial court as well as High Court has accepted the evidence of prosecution witnesses that there was demand of dowry - But, an
Authorities it was built on
- 2001 Shamnshaeb M. Multtani v. State of Karnataka
- 2012 Vishwanath S/o Sitaram Agrawal v. Sau. Sarla Vishwanath Agrawal
- 2002 K. Prema S. Rao and Anr. v. Yadla Srinivasa Rao and Ors.
- 1958 Talab Haji Hussain v. Madhukar Purshottam Mondkar and Another
- 2002 Mohd. Khalid v. State of West Bengal
- 2003 Hira Lal and Ors. v. State (govt. of Nct) Delhi.
- 2011 Alamelu & Anr. v. State Represented by Inspector of Police
- 2012 Heinz India Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. State of U.P. & Ors.
- 1997 Krishnan and Anr. v. Krishna Veni and Anr.
- 2001 State of U.P. v. Shambhu Nath Singh and Ors.
- 2001 Satvir Singh and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Anr.
- 2000 Swaran Singh Etc. Etc. v. State of Punjab
- 2000 Ambika Prasad and Anr. v. State (delhi Administration, Delhi)
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 The Central Bureau of Investigation v. Mir Usman @ Ara @ Mir Usman Ali
- 2016 State of Haryana v. Ram Mehar & Others Etc. Etc.
- 2016 K.V. Prakash Babu v. State of Karnataka
- 2015 Vinod Kumar v. State of Punjab
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to
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