GAJINDER PAL SINGH Vs. STATE
LAWS(DLH)-2014-9-136
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Decided on September 17,2014

GAJINDER PAL SINGH Appellant
VERSUS
STATE Respondents


Referred Judgements :-

RANJIT SINGH VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [REFERRED TO]
HIRA LAL VS. STATE GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI [REFERRED TO]
HAZARILAL VS. STATE OF M P [REFERRED TO]
VIPIN JAISWAL VS. STATE OF A.P [REFERRED TO]
MURALIDHAR @ GIDDA VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF HARYANA VS. RAM SINGH [REFERRED TO]
RAJESH KUMAR VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [REFERRED TO]


JUDGEMENT

- (1.)There are five appellants before this Court. These appeals are directed against the impugned judgment and order of sentence dated 05.05.2006 wherein the said appellants had been convicted under Section 304-B and Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and each of them had been sentenced to undergo RI for a period of 7 years for the offence under Section 304-B of the IPC; no separate sentence has been awarded for the offence under Section 498-A of the IPC.
(2.)This is a case of dowry death. Ajinder Pal Singh is the husband of the deceased Neetu. Pratap Singh is her father-in-law and Rama Devi is her mother-in-law. Gajinder Pal Singh and Pooja are the brother-in-law and sister-in-law respectively of the victim.
(3.)Record shows that Ajinder Pal Singh and Neetu had been married on 19.02.2003 as per Hindu rites. The date of the incident is 21.11.2003 i.e. within almost 9 months of the marriage of the parties. The victim had died by hanging. She was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her bedroom in the matrimonial home. The death was within 7 years of her marriage. It was an unnatural death.


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