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PETITIONER:

GURBACHAN SINGH

Vs.

RESPONDENT:

SATPAL SINGH & ORS.

DATE OF JUDGMENT26/09/1989

BENCH:

MUKHARJI, SABYASACHI (J)

BENCH:

MUKHARJI, SABYASACHI (J)

RAY, B.C. (J)

CITATION:

1990 AIR 209 1989 SCR Supl. (1) 292

1990 SCC (1) 445 JT 1989 (4) 38

1989 SCALE (2)677

ACT:

Criminal Trial--Criminal charge must be brought home-

Proved beyond all reasonable doubt-abetment separate and

distinct offence--Letting guilty escape is not doing justice

according to law.

HEADNOTE:

Ravinder Kaur, daughter of Gurbachan Singh was married

to Satpal Singh in November, 1962. She died on 25th June,

1983 at about 2.30 P.M. It was alleged, she committed sui-

cide because of the harassment, constant taunts and cruel

behaviour of her in-laws towards her and persistent demand

for dowry and insinnuations that she was carrying an ille-

gitimate child. It is alleged, provoked by the aforesaid

conduct and behaviour she committed suicide. The father-in-

law, mother-in-law and the husband of the deceased have been

the abetters of the crime and the deceased died of second to

third degree b