{"id":233813,"date":"2020-08-12T16:23:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T10:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=233813"},"modified":"2020-08-13T09:49:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T04:19:21","slug":"raj-hc-allegation-of-woman-set-ablaze-in-view-of-dowry-demand-dismissed-prosecution-theory-of-homicidal-death-sheer-exaggeration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/08\/12\/raj-hc-allegation-of-woman-set-ablaze-in-view-of-dowry-demand-dismissed-prosecution-theory-of-homicidal-death-sheer-exaggeration\/","title":{"rendered":"Raj HC | Allegation of woman set ablaze in view of dowry demand dismissed; Prosecution theory of homicidal death sheer exaggeration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rajasthan High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>A Division Bench of Sandeep Mehta and Kumari Prabha Sharma, JJ., dismissed the allegations of dowry demand, cruelty against the father-in-law and husband of the deceased in view of the prosecution theory regarding homicidal death being nothing short of sheer exaggeration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An appeal was preferred by the accused-appellants under Section 374(2) CrPC against the decision of Additional Sessions Judge (Women Atrocities Cases), Bikaner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deceased was married to appellant 1 for 10 years. On one fateful day she was found dead in the kitchen with burn injuries, whereupon her brother, PW.1 lodged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Humiliated and Harassed<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Allegations were placed that the deceased was harassed from the date of her marriage till death on account of dowry demand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both the father-in-law and husband of the deceased under the influence of liquor used to maltreat her owing to the demand for money.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The unjust demands of the above-stated persons used to be somehow met but the greed would never end.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">PW1 also stated that when he saw his sister dead, both the husband and deceased&#8217;s father-in-law kept uttering the words that <em>they had killed the woman and he could do whatever he liked.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In view of the above, offences under Section 302, 498A and 34 of Penal Code, 1860 were filed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, both the husband and father-in-law were arrested.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Analysis and Decision<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bench on perusal of the facts and circumstances of the matter stated that, if at all there was a semblance of truth in the allegation that the maltreatment of the deceased was continuing for almost 10 years, then her maternal relatives were expected to raise this issue by filing a complaint either to the police and if not, then at least intervention of the community elders would definitely have been sought.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adding to the above, maternal neer reprimanded the cruel behaviour of the accused.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hence, the allegations levelled by the prosecution witnesses that the accused were indulged in meting out continuous maltreatment to the deceased on account of demand of dowry is nothing short of sheer exaggeration and needs to be discarded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further, it was duly established that the father-in-law of the deceased had invested significant amounts from the sale proceeds of his agricultural land in the names of his granddaughters before the incident, which makes it clear that the allegation of humiliation and harassment is unsubstantiated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 22\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>On perusal of the medical report of the deceased, Court noted that the injuries were on the front, but the prosecution theory states that the deceased was set ablaze, if the said theory was true then the kerosene would have dribbled on the front as well as back, hence the defence theory of deceased falling down on the burning place in probablised.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In view of the above-stated background, the reverse burden of proof under Section 106 of the Evidence Act would also not come to the aid of the otherwise fragile and fragmented prosecution case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore, the accused-appellants were acquitted of all the charges.[Gopal v. 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