Supreme Court of India

State of Madhya Pradesh v. Jogendra & Anr.

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Reported as [2022] 2 S.C.R. 295
Bench N. V . Ramana, A. S. Bopanna and Hima Kohli JJ.
Decided 11 January 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, the present appeal is partly allowed.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s.304- , 498- – Dowry death – Prosecution case was that fed up with the constant dowry dema nds made on her by the respondents (husband and father-in-law), which her family could not satisfy, the victim-deceased committ ed suicide by immolating herself at her matrimonial home within s even years of her marriage – Conviction of respondents for off ence under ss.304B, 498A and 306 – On appeal, held: All the four pre-requ isites for invoking s.304- were satisfied, namely, that t he death of the victim-deceased took place at her matrimonial home wit hin seven years of her

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