Supreme Court of India
Sher Singh @ Partapa v. State of Haryana
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the prosecution has not shown/presented and or proved even by preponderance of probabilities that the deceased had been treated with cruelty emanating from or H 54 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 1 S.C.R. A founded on dowry demands.
Judgment, page 25
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 3048 and 498A - Dowry death - Prosecution case that victim-wife committed suicide due to harassment for dowry by her husband and in-laws within one year of marriage - Two months prior to her death she informed her brothers of cruelty connected with dowry demand - Conviction and sentence of husband, brother-in-law and father-in-law of the victim u/ss. 3048 and 498A by the trial court - High Court acquitting the brother-in-law and father-in- o law of the victim, however, upholding the conviction and sentence of the husband - On appeal, held: Once the concomitants of dowry
Authorities it was built on
- 1996 State of Tamil Nadu v. M/s. Arooran Sugars Ltd.
- 1983 Mithu, Etc., Etc. v. State of Punjab Etc. Etc.
- 1994 P.N. Krishna Lal and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Govt. of Kerala and Anr. Etc. Etc.
- 2010 Ashok Kumar v. State of Haryana
- 2013 Jasvinder Saini & Ors. v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi)
- 1991 State of Punjab v. Iqbal Singh and Ors.
- 2008 Narayanamurthy v. State of Karnataka and Anr.
- 2012 Pathan Hussain Basha v. State of A.P.
- 2010 Durga Prasad and Anr. v. State of M.P.
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Jogendra & Anr.
- 2015 V. K. Mishra&anr. v. State of Utiarakhand &anr.
- 2023 Paranagouda and Another v. The State of Karnataka and Another
- 2016 U. Subhadramma & Ors. v. State of A.P. Rep. by Pub. Prosecutor & Anr.
- 2015 Rajiv Singh v. State of Bihar & Another
- 2015 Nagaraj v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police, Salem Town, Tamil Nadu
Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to
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