Supreme Court of India · 2010-07-08
Uday Chakraborty & Ors vs State Of West Bengal
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2010 SUPREME COURT 3506
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Uday Chakraborty & Ors
- Respondent
- State Of West Bengal
- Author
- Swatanter Kumar
- Bench
- Swatanter Kumar, B.S. Chauhan
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Uday Chakraborthy, Sukumar Chakraborthy, and Smt. Anandamoyee Chakraborthy under Sections 498A and 304B IPC for the dowry-related murder of Mina. The Court emphasized that the prosecution established the necessary ingredients for dowry death, including the mental and physical torture inflicted on the deceased by her in-laws. The appeal for acquittal was dismissed, affirming the lower court's decision and the sentence of 7 years rigorous imprisonment.