Supreme Court of India

Sanjay Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh

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Bench Ujjal Bhuyan and Atul S. Chandurkar JJ.
Decided 3 September 2026

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, the impugned judgment of the High Court dated 17.08.2016 passed in Criminal Appeal No.566 of 2010 is quashed and set aside.

Judgment, page 15

In brief

The appellant married the victim in January 2008; a daughter was born in July 2009. The victim's mother, sisters and cousin alleged in general terms that the victim was tortured, kept hungry and harassed by the appellant and his mother and sisters, though no complaint was ever made to any authority and the witnesses admitted the couple appeared happy on visits and that the victim's sisters were well received at the matrimonial home.…

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