Supreme Court of India

Satish Shetty v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2016] 3 S.C.R. 145
Bench Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh JJ.
Decided 3 June 2016
Status Distinguished

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 498A, 306 - Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 - Commission of suicide by 25 year old women within two and a half years of marriage - Victim having 10 month old son and a pregnancy of twenty ll'eek - Acquittal of husband and his parents for offences punishable u!ss. 3, 4, 6 of the 1961 Act and ss. 498A and 304B - However, the High Court convicted the husband u!s. 498A with rigorous imprisonment of three years and u!s. 306 with RI for five years - 011 appeal, held: There was good explanation for the delay in lodging the FIR - Victims closest telation-mother was a poor helpless

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