Supreme Court of India

Manohar Lal v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [2014] 6 S.C.R. 263
Bench Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 1 July 2014

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the prosecution has miserably failed to prove that the accused harassed the c deceased soon before her death for or in connection with a demand of dowry. 22. ·For the reasons aforesaid, the judgment passed by the · Trial Court dated 26th August, 1994 as upheld by the High Court by impugned judgment dated 26th March, 2007, cannot D be upheld.

Judgment, page 15

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PENAL CODE, 1860: s.3048 - Presumption under - Essential ingredients - Discussed - In the instant case, the c victim-deceased was subjected to harassment in connection with dowry demand and she died on account of burn injuries - Conviction of husband u/s.3048 by courts below - On appeal, held: The statement of the mother of the deceased PW 1 was general and not specific - No specific incident was o indicated suggesting the cruelty or harassment made by the accvsed-husband - The statement of PW 1 was not reliable and not trustworthy - Though the allegation of demand of dowry was made, none of

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