Supreme Court of India · 1994-10-06
HEM CHAND vs THE STATE OF HARYANA
- Citation / case number
- SC 1991/77965
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- HEM CHAND
- Respondent
- THE STATE OF HARYANA
- Bench
- P.B. SAWANT & G.N. RAY & K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 304-B and Section 498-A IPC, affirming the trial court's findings of dowry demand and cruelty leading to the unnatural death of the deceased. The Court noted that the evidence supported the conclusion of strangulation, which constituted a dowry death under Section 304-B IPC. The appeal was dismissed, and the life sentence was confirmed.