Supreme Court of India

Davinder Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2014] 9 S.C.R. 208
Bench Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and S.A. Bobde JJ.
Decided 2 July 2014

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What the Court ordered

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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