HARJIT SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB — Crl.A. No. 756/1999

Case under Section II-B. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010074371999

Filing Date

03-May-1999

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 756/1999

Diary Number

7437/1999

Order Date

08-Dec-2005

Document Type

Judgment - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 03-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section II-B

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.HARJIT SINGH

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF PUNJAB

    Adv. ARUN K. SINHA

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 08-Dec-2005

    Judgment - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 08-Dec-2005

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  4. 23-Nov-2005

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  5. 29-Apr-2004

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  6. 03-May-1999

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 756/1999

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casestatus.in Summary

Summary of Harjit Singh v. State of Punjab (Crl.A. 756/1999) The Supreme Court acquitted Harjit Singh of dowry death charges under IPC Section 304-B, finding insufficient evidence of cruelty or harassment "soon before" his wife Jasbir Kaur's death by poisoning in 1988. Although the prosecution established payment of Rs. 5,000 as dowry, it failed to prove that dowry-related harassment occurred proximate to her death—there was no evidence of cruelty between April and July 1988. The Court emphasized that Section 304-B requires a "perceptible nexus" between dowry-related cruelty and death, and absent this temporal proximity, the presumption cannot be invoked. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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