Supreme Court of India

Bhim Singh and Anr. v. State of Utiarakhand

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Reported as [2015] 1 S.C.R. 1043
Bench M.Y. Eqbal and Pinaki Chandra Ghose JJ.
Decided 11 February 2015

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Penal Code, 1860- ss.3048, 498- - Prosecution under rlw. ss. 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act - Death caused by 90% bum injuries - Of a married women, in her matrimonial house - Within 5 months of her marriage - Circumstantial evidence - Plea of the accused that the deceased committed suicide - Conviction by courts below - On appeal, held: Prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the deceased was subjected to cruelty or harassment in connection with demand of dowry - The courts therefore rightly raised presumption uls. 1138 of Evidence Act that the death was dowry death which the

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