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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
RAMESH CHAND MALVIYA
Criminal Appeal (SJ) No.315 of 2006 – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
RAMESH CHAND MALVIYA, J.
Heard Mr. Vipul Sinha learned Amicus Curiae for the appellant and Ms. Anita Kumari Singh, learned APP for the State.
2. The present appeal has been filed under Section 374(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred as ‘Cr.P.C’) challenging the Judgment of conviction dated 25.02.2006 and order of sentence dated 28.02.2006 in Sessions Trial No. 165 of 2001 arising out of Lakhisarai P.S. Case No. 118 of 2000 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court No.-II, Lakhisarai whereby and where under the appellant has been convicted for the offence punishable under Sections 304 (B) and 201 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred as ‘IPC’) and has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years for the offence punishable under Section 304 (B) of the IPC and further three years of imprisonment for the offence punishable punishable under Section 201 of the IPC and also directed to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/- and in default of payment of fine, he is also directed to undergo further two months of simple imprisonment and both the sentences will run concurrently.
3. The brief facts leading to the filing of
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To sustain a conviction under Section 304B IPC, the prosecution must establish a proximate link between dowry-related cruelty and the victim's death within seven years of marriage, demonstrating that....
The prosecution must establish all ingredients of Section 304B IPC, including demand for dowry soon before death, to invoke presumption of guilt under Section 113B of the Evidence Act.
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