Supreme Court of India

M.narayan v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2015] 4 S.C.R. 226
Bench T.S. Thakur and Amitava Roy JJ.
Decided 17 April 2015

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we hereby affirm the conviction and sentence as recorded by the High Court in toto.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 498A, 304 8 - Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 - ss. 3, 4, 6 - Death of wife by hanging from the roof - Occurrence of incident barely two years after her marriage with the appellant-husband - Death in suspicious o circumstances re/atable to the constant demand for dowry and harassment and ill-treatment unleashed on her - Acquittal by trial court- However, reversal of order of acquittal by High Court - Conviction and sentence of appellant­ husband for commission of offences u!ss. 498A and 3048 and ss. 3, 4, 6 of the 1961 Act- On appeal, held: Prosecution had been able to

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