Supreme Court of India
Chhotan Sao & Another v. State of Bihar
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the suNiving appellant must be acquitted of the offence under Section 304B. Appeal is allowed to that extent.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: ss. 3048 and 498- - Conviction by courts below - Held: c Conviction uls 498A calls for no interference, as there is concurrent finding by courts below based on evidence that accused subjected the deceased to cruelty as explained uls 0 · 498A - As regards offence u/s 304-8, prosecution has failed to establish the cause of death - Post mortem report indicates no injuries on the body of deceased - Further, according to FIR, death was caused by compelling the deceased to consume poison, but the doctor who conducted post-mortem was not examined nor was the Forensic Laboratory
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