Supreme Court of India
Mariano Anto Bruno & Anr. v. The Inspector of Police
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We are of the view that Trial Court wrongly convicted the Appellants and the High Court was also not justified in upho lding the conviction of the Appellants under Sections 306 and 498A IPC.
Judgment, page 22
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 498A, 306 and 107 – Marriage of Appellant No.1 (husband) & deceased was solemnized in 2005 – male child was born out of wedlock in 2007 – Prosec ution case that Appellant No.1 caused immense mental torture to deceased b y compelling her to have another child despite her miscar riage with second pregnancy and that deceased was subjected to continuous cruelty which drove her to commit suicide – Trial c ourt convicted appellant No.1 & mother-in-law of deceased u/s 498A & 306 IPC – High Court upheld the conviction of appellants – Held: To convict a person u/s.306 IPC, there
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