Supreme Court of India

Gurdip Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2013] 8 S.C.R. 277
Bench Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and Kurian Joseph JJ.
Decided 3 September 2013

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss.3048 & 489A - Death of married woman - Allegations of cruelty and harassment - Two accused- husband and father-in-law - Conviction of appellant (father-in-law) u/ss. 3048 & 498A - By courts below - Challenge to - Held: Evidence that deceased had been harassed by both the accused before two weeks of her death - Clear proof in evidence of PWs 1 & 2 that appellant was taunting the deceased demanding dowry - Deceased was even sent out from her matrimonial home on this account - Yet, for conviction u/s.3048, it is obligatory on the part of the prosecution to establish that

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