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The High Court upheld sentence of a man convicted for demanding dowry from his wife which ultimately drove her to suicide.
The Court also held that a person can be convicted for Section 498A, IPC (cruelty to wife) even if he is acquitted under Section 304B IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) because the former has a broader scope
The cruelty or harassment meted out to a woman has to be soon before her death in order to establish the offence of dowry death, the Court said.
The Supreme Court observed that the power to summon additional accused under Section 319, CrPC must not be exercised routinely and that the existence of more than a prima facie case is necessary.
Case registered for dowry death of wife cannot be quashed on the basis of settlement between accused and complainant, the Delhi High Court recently held.