A B C D E F G H [2021] 9 S.C.R. 711 711 711 PARVATI DEVI v. THE STATE OF BIHAR NOW STATE OF JHARKHAND & ORS. (Criminal Appeal Nos. 574 of 2012) DECEMBER 17, 2021 [N. V. RAMANA, CJI, SURYA KANT AND HIMA KOHLI, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304B and 201 r/w s. 34 – Dowry death – Prosecution case was that the victim-deceased daughter of informant (PW-3) was married to A-1 – Within few months of marriage, A-1, his father (A-2) and his mother (A-3) started harassing her for cash and motor cycle – They threatened the victim that if the demand was not fulfilled then they would throw her out of matrimonial home and get A-1 married to someone else – Similar message was conveyed to PW-3 by his son-in-law (PW-2) with whom A-1 had raised the issue of insufficient dowry – It was within 15 days of this incident that PW-3 received information from PW-2 about his daughter having gone missing from matrimonial home – A missing complaint was lodged with local police after making futile search – Fi...
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