Supreme Court of India

Satvir Singh and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Anr.

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Bench K.T. Thomas and S.N. Variava JJ.
Decided 27 September 2001

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Penal Code, 1860: Section 306-Abetment-Conviction under-Victim survived attempt to commit suicide-Held, conviction not justified-Condition precedent .for punishment is that the o.ffence abetted should necessarily have been committed. Section 116 read with Section 306-Conviction under-Held, not justified-Since there cannot be abetment o.f an abetment. Section 3048-Conviction under-Attempt to commit suicide on account of cruelty at nuptial home-Insufficiency of evidence to show that victim subjected to cruelty for demand of dowry soon be.fore attempt to commit suicide-Held, conviction…

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to

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