Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Death within 10 months of marriage - Death under abnormal circumstances - Medical opinion of death from asphyxia and body being burnt after death - Dead body not found in kitchen but in room bolted from inside - Piece of electric wire found near body - Room broken open by PW 13 when no one was in house - Not..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - Suicide within three months of marriage - Husband and his parents acquitted as there was no demand of dowry at the time of engagement or marriage; statement of husband that although no demand was made, parents of deceased gave sufficient dowry; non was informed about harassment on account of dowry and Panchayat was not..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - Soon before death - Death within six months of marriage - Proof that deceased was harassed soon before death not required - Defence failed to show any other reason of death - Conviction upheld...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Reduction in sentence - Dowry death - FIR recorded in 1987 and accused faced trial for 16 years - Sentence reduced from 10 to 7 years...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - Defence version that deceased suffered fit of epilepsy and died - No previous medical history of deceased brought on record - A bald statement in this regard cannot be believed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 201 -- Dowry death - Dead body cremated - Conviction of three persons u/s 201 IPC on the ground that they took part in the cremation of dead body - No evidence that these persons had knowledge or had reason to believe that offence had been committed - They had no mens rea - Conviction set aside...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - Mother of deceased supported prosecution but father turned hostile - Deceased remained at parents house for 9 months and death occurred within 2 days when she came to matrimonial home - Body cremated before parents of deceased could reach - Conviction upheld...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 113B -- `Soon before death' - Would normally imply that the interval should not be much between the concerned cruelty or harassment and the death - There must be existence of a proximate and live link between the effect of cruelty based on dowry demand and the concerned death - If alleged incident of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B -- Dowry death - Essential ingredients for the applicability of the provision are (i) The death of a woman should be caused by burns or bodily injury or otherwise than under a normal circumstance; (ii) Such a death should have occurred within seven years of her marriage; (iii) She must have been subjected to cruelty or harassment by..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304B, 498A -- Dowry death - Acquittal u/s 304-B - Accused can be convicted u/s 498-A even if no charge was framed if such a case is made out...........
