Chabi Karmakar vs State Of West Bengal 2024 INSC 665 – S 304B IPC – Dowry Death

Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 304B – The ingredients of the offence : (a) death of a woman must have been caused by any burns or bodily injury or her death must have occurred otherwise than under normal circumstances; (b) such death must have occurred within seven years of her marriage; (c) soon before her death, she must have been subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any relative of her husband; and (d) such cruelty or harassment must be in connection with the demand for dowry. [In this case, the Court noted that the fourth ingredient i.e. cruelty or harassment in connection with the demand for dowry is missing and therefore set aside conviction under Section 304B] – Referred to Rajinder Singh vs. State of Punjab (2015) 6 SCC 477. (Para 8,9)

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