State v. Doongar Ram
Case brief
What is this about?
A Criminal Leave to Appeal filed by the State challenging the acquittal of an accused for Sections 498-A and 306 IPC. The High Court reviewed prosecution evidence and dismissed the appeal.
What did the court decide?
Leave to appeal is dismissed; the impugned judgment acquitting the respondent is upheld.
What the court decided
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR
S.B. Crml Leave To Appeal No. 84 / 2016
State of Rajasthan
----Appellant
Versus
Doongar Ram S/o Ghewar Ram by caste Oad, resident of Rajeev Gandhi Kachhi Basti, K.K. Colony, Basni, Jodhpur.
----Respondent
For Appellant(s) : Mr. O.P. Rathi, P.P.
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI
Order
04/04/2017
This criminal leave to appeal has been filed by the State being aggrieved with the judgment dated 03.12.2015 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge (Women Atrocities Cases), Jodhpur Metropolitan (hereinafter referred to as the ‘trial court’) in Sessions Case No. 133/2013, whereby the trial court has acquitted the accused respondent from the offence punishable under Sections 498-A and 306 IPC.
Issues for consideration
3 issues framed by the court
Whether the trial court erred in acquitting the accused of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide given prosecution evidence.
Whether prosecution witnesses established a clear nexus between dowry demands and the deceased's suicide.
Whether leave to appeal against the acquittal ought to be granted.
Parties & counsel
- appellant
State of Rajasthan
- respondent
Doongar Ram S/o Ghewar Ram
Coram
Vijay Bishnoi
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Rajasthan HC
- Decided on
- · April
- Registered
- Case no.
- CRLLA/84/2016
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