Supreme Court of India
Davinder Singh v. State of Punjab
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We hold that the prosecution was successful to prove the ingredients of Section 304-B IPC. The Trial Court rightly presumed that the accused had caysed the dowry death of the victim.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.3048 - Presumption under - Essential ingredients - Discussed - In the instant case, the victim-deceased was harassed by accused-husband on account of dowry demand - Victim informed her brother a day prior to incident about the torture in connection with dowry - The next day, when the brother and maternal uncle of the victim went to the matrimonial home of deceased they found her dead body in burnt condition - Courts below convicted accused-husband u/s.3048 - On appeal, held: The statements of brother and maternal uncle showed that the death took place within seven months
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