circumstances are --
(a) that this was a serious case of a bride burning on account of dowry demand not satisfied by the deceased-wife ... clearly warned the courts not to release the accused in a bride burning case on anticipatory bail, particularly when the investigation is in progress
central theme of both these appeals is the macabre bride-burning for dowry against the appellants-accused No. 1 (A-l) and accused ... Saiyedpura, Nagoriwad, Surat, on the first floor, ghastly crime of dowry-bride-burning came to be committed, in that, the prosecution alleged that after giving
framing an alternative charge under Section 306 in a case of bride burning or where the allegations attracting an offence under Section ... basis for conviction under Section 306 of IPC. In a bride burning case there could be or could not be any eye-witness
present case clearly appears to be an instance of bride burning.
When the actions of a person become governed by his insatiable hunger
for more ... Rajasthan , AIR 1990 SC 2134 where its noted as under :
"Bride burning is a shame of our society. Poor never resort
to it. Rich
shaken the conscience of the society and in every case of bride burning or dowry death, death penalty should be awarded. In support ... Kailash Kaur v. State of Punjab , , and argued that in bride burning for dowry where the offence is clearly proved, Courts must award death sentence
alleged that the accused has committed a grave offence.
2. Bride burning is undoubtedly a very grave and heinous crime. In bride burning cases even ... 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
their minds to give a false version. Even though the bride burning cases are on high side, the investigating officers are not diligent enough ... Administration ) : the accused was convicted under S. 302 IPC in a bride burning case. Natarajan, J. speaking for the Bench found that the dying declaration
cannot, therefore, be said with certainty that for the offence of bride burning the conviction cannot be recorded under Section 302 or that the offence ... which took place prior to it, as new offence of 'bride-burning' Was unknown on the date of occurrence. In other words
Court was delivered by P.DEVADASS ,J)
1. This is a bride-burning case, where Poomari, an innocent girl became a
prey to fire ... made to cry in flame. It is a case of bride-burning.
Nowhere in the world, as in our country, women are burnt alive
undergo rigorous
imprisonment for three months.
2. Dowry death and bride burning are social evils which have marred
the very concept of marriage being ... increasing no. of cases relating to
dowry deaths and bride burning, and if the National Crime Records
Bureau's statistics are something
