Supreme Court of India · 2017-05-04
STATE OF HARYANA vs RAM PARSAD
- Citation / case number
- SC 2000/50
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- STATE OF HARYANA
- Respondent
- RAM PARSAD
- Author
- Prafulla C. Pant
- Bench
- PRAFULLA C. PANT N.V. RAMANA
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellants under Section 304B IPC read with Section 34 IPC for the dowry death of Tamkinat Ara. The Court emphasized that the prosecution established the necessary ingredients of dowry death, including the presence of the deceased in the in-laws' house and the circumstances leading to her death. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the High Court's decision, thereby maintaining the trial court's findings of guilt against the appellants.