Supreme Court of India
Sri Chand and Another v. State of Punjab
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In view of the above, we do not find any reason to interfere with the decision of the High Court.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 304-8 and 498- - Dowry death - Prosecution against husband and parents-in-law (the appellants) of the deceased - Conviction by Courts below - Appeal by the parents-in-law - Held: The act of the appellants indicate their guilty state of mind - Hence cannot escape liability for causing death of the deceased - Plea of alibi by one of the accused also not proved. Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. The fact that the accused persons were found missing from the house and also the fact that they refrained from intimating the death of the deceased to her parents are two
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