Supreme Court of India

Smt. Bhagwati Devi v. State of Uttarakhand

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Reported as [2025] 8 S.C.R. 2289
Bench Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria JJ.
Decided 29 August 2025

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Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the order of conviction u/s.498- IPC and consequential sentence imposed on the appellant-mother-in-law can be sustained on the basis of the material evidence. Headnotes† Penal Code, 1860 – s.498- – Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty – Dowry demand – Case of the complainant-father that his daughter was found dead inside the matrimonial home, and the accused persons- father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law of the daughter were present in the house; that the daughter had committed suicide by hanging herself;

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