Supreme Court of India
Maya Devi & Anr. v. State of Haryana
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, onus lies on the accused to rebut the presumption and in case of Section o 113-B relatable to Section 304-B IPC, the onus to prove shifts exclusively and heavily on the accused.
Judgment, page 25
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 3048 and 498A - Dowry death - Prosecution of accused-husband, accused-mother-in-law and their other relatives - Trial court convicted appellants-accused (husband and mother-in-law) while acquitting the other accused -Appeal by the convicted accused and revision by 0 · the complainant - High Court upheld the conviction of appellants-accused altering their sentence of life imprisonment to 10 years RI - Acquittal of other accused was upheld- On appeal, held: It is clear from the record that the appellants-accused m~Jtreated, harassed and subjected the deceased to cruelty
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Where later benches applied it
- 2021 Parvati Devi v. The State of Bihar Now State of Jharkhand & Ors.
- 2022 Devender Singh & Ors. v. The State of Uttarakhand
- 2021 Satbir Singh & Another v. State of Haryana
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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