Supreme Court of India
Jagdish & Ors. v. State of Uttaranchal
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What the Court ordered
In the result, conviction of first appellant-Jagdish under Section 3048 IPC is set aside and he is convicted under Section 498A IPC and is sentenced to the period already F undergone by him.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 498A, 3048; Dowry Prohibition Act - ss. 3 and 4 - Dowry death - Death by bum injuries - Within 7 years of marriage - Persistent demand of motorcycle and cash by husband and family members - year prior to death, in a panchayat, compromise deed also executed wherein accused-in-laws undertook to not harass victim-deceased in future - Deceased burnt to death - Haste cremation without o waiting for family of the deceased - Courts below held all the accused guilty - Husband and parents-in-law died and case against them abated - Appeal by father-in-law's brother and by
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