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PETITIONER:

SAROJINI AND ORS.

Vs.

RESPONDENT:

STATE OF M.P. AND ORS.

DATE OF JUDGMENT16/10/1992

BENCH:

[KULDIP SINGH AND K. RAMASWAMY, JJ.]

ACT:

Indian Penal Code, 1860:

Sections 302 read with 34, 201-Dowry death-Husband and

mother-in-law charged with-Convicted and sentenced to life

imprisonment-High Court acquitting both the accused giving

them benefit of doubt-Mother-in-law convicted u/s.201 and

sentenced-‘Participis Criminis’-Circumstances clearly

showing both the accused participating in the crime-

Acquittal set aside and conviction and sentence of both the

accused restored-Conviction and sentence of Mother-in-law

u/s.201-Affirmed.

HEADNOTE:

The appellant-accused and her son were charged with

offences under S.302 read with S.34 IPC or alternatively

under S.306 read with S.34 I.P.C. for causing the death of ,

or abetment to cause suicide by, the daughter-in-law/wife of

the accused. According to the prosecution, it was a case of

dowry death. The dead body was found in a completely burnt

condition in the matrimonial house of the deceased. The

trial Court convicted bot