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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Dowry Death--Harassment for dowry--Conviction--Suspension of sentence of imprisonment during pendency of appeal

2010(1) LAW HERALD (P&H) 452
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
Before
The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.S. Saron
Criminal Misc. No.63357 of 2009 in Criminal Appeal No.2523-SB of 2008
Naresh Kumar & Ors.
v.
State of Haryana
{Decided on 01/02/2010}
For the Applicant-appellant No.4-Bhateri Devi: Mr. Bipan Ghai, Senior Advocate with Mr. A.K. Sharma, Advocate.
For the Respondent-State: Mr. Pawan Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana
Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.304-B, 498-A and 201 r/w 34--Dowry Death--Harassment for dowry--Conviction--Suspension of sentence of imprisonment during pendency of appeal--Applicant-appellant no.4 undergone imprisonment of one year, four months and 19 days--Hearing of appeal likely to take time--Sentence of imprisonment of appellant no.2, husband of applicant-appellant no.4 suspended by order dated 20.8.2009 who was in custody for 10 months--Sentence of imprisonment of appellant no.3 was suspended by order dated 8.5.2009--Appellant no.1, husband of deceased is in custody--Appeal is not likely to mature for hearing in near future--In circumstances, sentence of imprisonment during pendency of appeal shall remain suspended. (P. 6 & 7)