Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | 1860 - s. 3048 - Dowry death - Prosecution of respondent - Legality enal Code |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | Penal Code, 1860 - s. 3048 - Dowry death - Prosecution of respondent - Legality - Word "relative of the husband" - Meaning of - Held: The word "relative of the husband" in s. 304 8 would mean such persons, who are related by blood, marriage or adoption - Respondent not husband of the deceased and also not related to husband of the deceased either-by blood or marriage or adoption - Since respondent not related to husband of the deceased in any manner, he could not be prosecuted for offence u/s.3048 /PC - High Court justified in quashing the trial court order summoning the respondent to face trial.Words and Phrases - Expression "relative of the husband" - Meaning of - Penal Code, 1860 - ss.3048 and 498AInterpretation of Statutes - When words of a statute not defined - Held: Such words to be understood in their natural, ordinary or popular sense - Reference may be made to dictionaries to find out the general sense in which the word is understood in common parlance.Interpretation of Statutes - Use of same words in different G part of the statute - Held: In such a case, the presumption is that those words have been used in the same sense, unless displaced by the context. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice C.K. Prasad |
Neutral Citation | 2014 INSC 454 |
Petitioner | State Of Punjab |
Respondent | Gurmit Singh |
SCR | [2014] 9 S.C.R. 182 |
Judgement Date | 2014-07-02 |
Case Number | 1278 |
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