Crl. Appeal No. 1735 of 2011 @ SLP(Crl) 10005/2009 REPORTABLE
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1735 OF 2011
ARISING OUT OF S.L.P. (CRL.) NO. 10005 OF 2009
AJAY KUMAR DAS ..... APPELLANT
VERSUS
STATE OF JHARKHAND & ANR. ..... RESPONDENTS
J U D G M E N T
1. Leave granted.
2. This appeal is directed against the order dated
19th August, 2009 passed by the Jharkhand High Court
dismissing the petition filed by the appellant herein
praying for quashing of the entire criminal proceedings
of Balumath P.S. Case No. 68 of 2006 (corresponding to
G.R. Case No. 445 of 2006) in which cognizance was taken
of the offence under Section 304B read with Section 34 of
the Indian Penal Code against the appellant and others.
3. The informant filed a First Information Report
that his daughter was married to the appellant herein in
the year 2002, as per the Hindu rites and custom and that
at the time of her marriage, informant had given
sufficient dowry. It was stated therein that the
