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Supreme Court judgments on Section 304B, Indian Penal Code, 1860

15 judgments, latest first, from 2019 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 304B of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

Virender Pal @ Vipin vs State of Haryana
SC · 15 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 1054 : 2025 INSC 710
Issue arose as regards correctness of High Court order dismissing the appeal of the accused-appellant and upholding his conviction u/s.304-B of Penal Code, 1860.
Shakuntla Devi vs The State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 25 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 1914 : 2025 INSC 581
Issue arose as to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court wherein the appellant’s conviction u/ss.304B and 498A IPC and ss.3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 was converted into that u/s.306 IPC.
Karan Singh vs State of Haryana
SC · 31 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1370 : 2025 INSC 133
The Trial Court convicted the appellant for the offences punishable u/ss.304-B and 498-A of IPC; By the impugned judgment, the High Court has confirmed the conviction and sentence.
Shoor Singh & Anr. vs State of Uttarakhand
SC · 20 September 2024
[2024] 9 S.C.R. 818 : 2024 INSC 713
High Court, if justified in acquitting the parents-in-laws and the husband of the victim-daughter-in-law of the offences punishable u/ss.304-B and 498-A IPC.
Chabi Karmakar & Ors. vs The State of West Bengal
SC · 29 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 796 : 2024 INSC 665
The appellants have been convicted u/ss.498A, 304B and 306 r/w.s.34 of the IPC. The Trial Court had convicted sister-in-law (appellant no.1), husband (appellant no.2) and mother-in-law of the deceased and sentenced them…
Paranagouda and Another vs The State of Karnataka and Another
SC · 19 October 2023
[2023] 15 S.C.R. 923 : 2023 INSC 933
Whether the courts below were justified in convicting and sentencing the accused for the offences punishable u/ss. 498A, 304B read with s. 34 IPC and ss. 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act; whether the conviction of the ac…
Devender Singh & Ors. vs The State of Uttarakhand
SC · 21 April 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 1037 : 2022 INSC 457
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304B, 498A & 120B –Evidence Act, 1872 – s. 113B – Dowry death – Presumption of dowry death – On facts, complaint against appellants-husband, mother-in-law and brother-in-law of the victim-wife that…
State of Madhya Pradesh vs Jogendra & Anr.
SC · 11 January 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 295 : 2022 INSC 30
Penal Code, 1860: s.304-B, 498-A – Dowry death – Prosecution case was that fed up with the constant dowry demands made on her by the respondents (husband and father-in-law), which her family could not satisfy, the victim…
Parvati Devi vs The State of Bihar Now State of Jharkhand & Ors.
SC · 17 December 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 711 : 2021 INSC 911
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304B and 201 r/w s. 34 – Dowry death – Prosecution case was that the victim-deceased daughter of informant (PW-3) was married to A-1 – Within few months of marriage, A-1, his father (A-2) and his mo…
Gurmeet Singh vs State of Punjab
SC · 28 May 2021
[2021] 7 S.C.R. 153 : 2021 INSC 299
Penal Code, 1860 – s.304-B – Death of married woman after she consumed poison in her matrimonial home – Conviction of appellant-husband by Courts below – Challenge to – Held: On facts, not acceptable – Death was caused w…
Satbir Singh & Another vs State of Haryana
SC · 28 May 2021
[2021] 7 S.C.R. 269 : 2021 INSC 301
Penal Code, 1860: s. 304B – Dowry death – Conviction under – Prosecution case that the victim committed suicide by setting herself ablaze just after one year of her marriage and that soon before her death, she was subjec…
Sandeep Kumar and Others vs State of Uttarakhand and Another
SC · 2 December 2020
[2020] 13 S.C.R. 848 : 2020 INSC 671
Penal Code, 1860 – s.304B – Dowry Death – Poisoning alleged – Appellants (husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law) acquitted by trial court – Acquittal set aside by High Court – On appeal, held: PW1 (father of the victi…
Mahesh Kumar vs State of Haryana
SC · 7 August 2019
[2019] 11 S.C.R. 587 : 2019 INSC 872
Penal Code, 1860 – s.304-B – Dowry death – When not – PW-3-father of the deceased stated that the appellant got married to his daughter on 26.05.91 – Soon after the marriage, she was illtreated by the appellant, father-i…
State of Haryana vs Angoori Devi & Anr.
SC · 13 June 2019
[2019] 10 S.C.R. 1041 : 2019 INSC 693
Penal Code, 1860: s. 498-A r/w 304B – Dowry death – Death of victim due to burn injuries within 7 years of marriage, otherwise than under normal circumstances – Conviction u/s. 498A r/w 304B – However, set aside by the H…
Vijay Mohan Singh vs State of Karnataka
SC · 10 April 2019
[2019] 6 S.C.R. 994 : 2019 INSC 509
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302 r/w. 34, 498-A, 304-B r/w. s.34 – Prosecution case that appellant-accused (husband of victimdeceased) poured kerosene on the victim and lit fire and ran away from the spot – Consequent to which,…

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