https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295305 In a dowry death prosecution, the Court held that once the foundational facts are proved-death within seven years of marriage, cruelty or harassment for dowry, and an unnatural death-the presumption under Section 113B of the Indian Evidence Act operates against the husband and the father-in-law. It also recognised that dowry demands need not be made directly to the deceased and that mental cruelty may be inferred from surrounding circumstances. However, criminal liability of other relatives must rest on reliable, specific evidence; where such proof was lacking, their conviction could not stand. On that basis, the husband and father-in-law's convictions were upheld, while the convictions of the other accused were set aside. en-us Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 28 May 2021 08:37:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295305 In a dowry death prosecution, the Court held that once the foundational facts are proved-death within seven years of marriage, cruelty or harassment for dowry, and an unnatural death-the presumption under Section 113B of the Indian Evidence Act operates against the husband and the father-in-law. It also recognised that dowry demands need not be made directly to the deceased and that mental cruelty may be inferred from surrounding circumstances. However, criminal liability of other relatives must rest on reliable, specific evidence; where such proof was lacking, their conviction could not stand. On that basis, the husband and father-in-law's convictions were upheld, while the convictions of the other accused were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295305