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february 2004

Supreme Court of India · 2004-02-04

Wattan Singh & Ors vs State Of Punjab

Citation / case number
AIR 2004 SUPREME COURT 1607
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
Wattan Singh & Ors
Respondent
State Of Punjab
Author
S.B. Sinha
Bench
S.B. Sinha

Judgment text excerpt

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellants under Section 201 IPC for concealing the body of Manmohan Kaur, who was allegedly murdered due to dowry demands. The Court emphasized that the act of cremating the body without waiting for the family of the deceased constituted an attempt to destroy evidence. The Court affirmed that the prosecution established the necessary elements of the offence, leading to the dismissal of the appeals.

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