Supreme Court of India
V. K. Mishra&anr. v. State of Utiarakhand &anr.
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What the Court ordered
In the result while we uphold the conviction of the appellants under Section 3048 IPC and other offences, sentence of life imprisonment imposed on Rahul Mishra is reduced to ten years.
Judgment, page 31
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss.3048, 498A - Dowry death - c Death by poisoning - Prosecution established beyond reasonable doubt that soon before death the deceased was subjected to cruelty and harassment by her husband and in laws in connection with demand of dowry-Accused were not successful in rebutting presumption raised uls. 1138 of the o Evidence Act- Conviction upheld, however, sentence of life imprisonment reduced in case of husband to 10 years and in case of in-Jaws to 7 years each - Evidence Act, 1872 - 1138. Evidence Act, 1872: 1138 - Presumption - Held: In a case where demand of dowry is
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- 2025 Firoz Khan Akbarkhan v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2018 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Chhaakki Lal and Another
- 2022 Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
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