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Satvir Singh And Ors vs State Of Punjab And Anr on 27 September, 2001

8. Another factor that needs to be examined by us while dealing with the charge of dowry death is the proximity between the time of demand of dowry and the time of death of the deceased. It is a settled principle of law that the demand of dowry to be covered under Section 304-B of IPC, has to be made soon before death. It has been held that no definite interpretation can be given to the phrase "soon before death". It would be appropriate to reproduce the observations made by the Apex Court in the Crl L.P. 38/2012 Page 3 of 8 case of Satvir Singh v. State of Punjab, (2001) 8 SCC 633, with respect to the phrase "soon before":
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