Life Imprisonment in Dowry Death Cases Not a Matter of Course, Reserved for Rarest of Rare Cases: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court delivered an important judgment while hearing a criminal appeal in a dowry death case related to the death of Sujata, a married woman who suffered severe burn injuries within one and a half years of her marriage. The Court clarified that punishment of life imprisonment under Section 304-B IPC for dowry death should not be imposed automatically in every case and must be reserved only for…
