Supreme Court of India

Basisth Narayan Yadav v. Kailash Rai and Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 6 S.C.R. 949
Bench Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.
Decided 3 July 2015

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Penal code, 1860- s. 3048 - Death of married woman c - In her matrimonial house - Within 7 years of marriage - Prosecution of 10 accused - Case of one accused abated due to her death during trial - Conviction of the 9 accused by trial court - Acquittal of all the accused by High Court - On appeal, held: Though the prosecution case suffers from many infirmities, yet incriminating circumstances of the case indicate that the deceased was physically assaulted soon before her death - Demand of dowry and harassment on its account was also sufficiently proved- Thus main ingredients of s. 3048 have

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