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Head Note

Indian Penal Code,1860  - Section 304-B , Section 306

Dowry death - Abetment of suicide - Deceased committing suicide by drinking Organo Phosphorus poison - Conviction of accused by the trial court u/sec. 304-B IPC - High Court concluding that deceased committed suicide on account of harassment caused by her husband and not on account of demands for dowry - High Court convicting the accused u/sec. Section 306 IPC converting from sec. 304-B IPC - Appeal against - No evidence on record to suggest that harassment or cruelty was made in connection to any dowry demands - Harassment by the accused compounded the acute depression from which the deceased was suffering after the murder of her father - Cruelty or harassment which drives the wife to commit suicide attracts the offence of `abetment of suicide' under Section 306 IPC and not Section 304-B IPC - No interference with judgment of the High Court - Appeal dismissed.

Topic(s)-Dowry death