Supreme Court of India

Dinesh v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [2014] 7 S.C.R. 321
Bench Dipak Misra and M.Y. Eqbal JJ.
Decided 25 April 2014

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that neither definite A period has been indicted in the aforementioned section nor the expression "soon before" has been defined.

Judgment, page 13

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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 304-8 - Evidence Act, 1872 - s. 113-8 - Suicide committed by married woman within 4 years of marriage - Death caused due to consumption of pesticide - Conviction of husband-appellant - Justification - Held: Justified - Defence of appellant that death was caused due to some complication at advanced stage of pregnancy, without any basis - Evidence of the witnesses sufficiently established that there was persistent demand for dowry from the side of the accused persons and for non-fulfilment of their demand, the deceased was being subjected to cruelty and harassment -

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