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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, J
Karunakaran – Appellant
Versus
State of Tamil Nadu – Respondent
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| 1. summary of trial court findings and prosecution case regarding dowry death and cruelty. (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. contentions regarding the validity and reliance upon the dying declaration. (Para 6 , 7 , 9) |
| 3. assessment of evidence and testimony regarding the incidents of cruelty. (Para 11 , 12 , 13) |
| 4. final determination on the validity of evidence leading to the conviction. (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17) |
JUDGMENT
This Criminal Appeal has been preferred as against the Judgment dated 24.02.2006 passed in S.C.No.201 of 2004 on the file of the Sessions Judge, Mahila Court, Salem, thereby convicting the accused for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 304-B of IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
2. The case of the prosecution is that the first accused married the deceased and their marriage was a love marriage. Thereafter, they did not have any issues. While being so, the second and third accused, being the mother-in-law and sister-in-law of the deceased, demanded dowry through the first accused on the ground that no expenses were incurred for the marriage, as it was a love marriage. Consequently, all the accused frequently picked quarrels with the dec
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