Supreme Court of India
Prabhudayal Hiralal Dejjuka v. State of Maharashtra
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For the aforesaid reasons we dismiss the appeal on behalf of appellant.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Sangita was married to accused 2 on 28th April, 1984. In the intervening night of 14115 September 1984, the accused found Sangita burning. Sangita’s body suffered 100% burns and the smell of kerosene was noticed even in the spot panchnama. There had been problems relating to dowry, and she had complained of ill-treatment and of being beaten because of failure to pay the dowry amount. The trial judge acquitted accused 1-4 - her father-in-law, husband, mother-in-law and sister-in-law respectively.
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