Case Law Analysis
|Orissa High Court
Section 304-B IPC | Cruelty 'Soon Before Death' Must Be Proved Before Section 113-B Presumption : Orissa HC
The Orissa High Court acquitted a husband and mother-in-law, ruling that the statutory presumption under Section 113-B Evidence Act cannot be invoked without foundational proof of cruelty 'soon before death'. Unfulfilled dowry demands and suspicious cremation alone are insufficient to sustain a Section 304-B IPC conviction, raising the evidentiary bar for dowry death prosecutions.