clearly warned the courts not to release the accused in a bride burning case on anticipatory bail, particularly when the investigation is in progress ... itself cannot have any bearing while granting the anticipatory bail in bride burning case wherein the investigation is in progress.
(iv) That the learned Judge
which these dowry-vultures used to inflict on the brides which result in bride-burning cases in this country. This story of Pushpa ... ever increasingly exhibiting abhorence to dowry deaths of young brides and even then bride burning cases are suddenly increasing & there is proof of bride
committed a grave offence.
2. Bride burning is undoubtedly a very grave and heinous crime. In bride burning cases even death sentence ... bail applications. In the recent time there has been rise in bride burning cases and these cases are required to be dealt with strictly while
State of Uttar Pradesh versus Ashok Kumar Srivastava (Supra ) in
another bride burning case, the accused and the in-laws of the victim caused torture ... Mula Devi & Another versus State of Uttarakhand (Supra), in another
bride burning case, it came out in medical evidence that the cause of death
basis for conviction under Section 306 of IPC. In a bride burning case there could be or could not be any eye-witness ... basic ingredients of the offence under Section 306 in a bride burning case are hidden in the charge under Section
case where there is strong evidence which proves beyond all manner of reasonable doubt, that it is a case of bride-burning by the husband ... fast increasingly exhibiting abhorance to roasting of young brides and even then the bride burning cases are suddenly increasing and there is flood of bride
Supreme Court have, on many occasions, called for vigilance in bride burning cases and have stressed the need for immediate verification by Investigating Officers about ... woman suffering burn injuries within a few years of her marriage. Experience has shown that in many bride burning cases, despite the agony suffered
Object and purpose
of--Cases relating to harassment, torture, abetted suicides
and dowry deaths of young brides--Causes--Solutions to such
situations--Court ... role what to be.
HEADNOTE:
The prosecution case was that on 23.8.1981 between 12-30
1.00 p.m., on hearing screams
there were three
dying declarations regarding burning by the accused in bride
burning case, viz., one recorded by the doctors another by
police constable ... Govardhan Raoji Ghyare's case [supra], the minor discrepancy
in two dying declarations by the deceased-bride was held to
be not of material
contain.
Conviction cannot be based purely on oral dying
declarations, despite earlier cases of conviction solely
based thereon. However, oral dying declarations cannot be
totally ... referred to.
4. In a suitable case of bride burning, death sentence
may not be improper. However, in the instant case the Trial
Judge
