STATE OF HARYANA vs RAM KUMAR — Crl.A. No. 542/1997

Case under Section II-B. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010194121996

Filing Date

21-Nov-1996

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 542/1997

Diary Number

19412/1996

Order Date

20-Nov-2003

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 11-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section II-B

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF HARYANA

    Adv. VINAY KUMAR GARG

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.RAM KUMAR

    Adv. RAO RANJIT

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 20-Nov-2003

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 21-Nov-1996

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 542/1997

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Case Summary: State of Haryana v. Ram Kumar (Crl.A. No. 542/1997) On 20 November 2003, the Supreme Court allowed the State's appeal regarding respondent Ram Kumar, who was convicted of murdering his wife Dharamwati (whose body was found near railway tracks in 1991 with strangulation marks). The Court restored Ram Kumar's conviction under Sections 302, 498-A, and 201 IPC, sentencing him to life imprisonment with concurrent sentences. The Court rejected the High Court's acquittal, finding witness testimony about dowry demands and the husband carrying the deceased credible, and his suicide explanation contradicted by medical evidence. The appeal failed for respondents 2 and 3, whose bail bonds were discharged. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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