Supreme Court of India
State of Andhra Pradesh v. Raj Gopal Asawa and Anr.
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Penal Code, 1860: Dowry death-Agreement for dowry-Relevancy of-Held: "Demand of dowry" itself punishable under S. 340- -lt is not necessary to show that "agreement for dowry" existed-It has to be inferred from the facts and circumstances of each case-It is not always necessary that there be an agreement for dowry-Hence, conviction is possible even if there is no agreement for dowry. Dowry death-Presumption of-Essential ingredients-Proximity test Held: The expression "soon before" is ve1y relevant whenever S. 304- /PC and S. 113- of the Evidence Act are pressed into service-It must be shown…
Where later benches applied it
- 2015 Major Singh & Anr. v. State of Punjab
- 2013 Suresh Kumar v. State of Haryana
- 2010 Ashok Kumar v. State of Haryana
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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