In Brief
A husband was convicted under Section 304-B IPC for dowry death after his wife and daughter drowned in a river. The trial Court and High Court found the wife had been subjected to cruelty and harassment due to dowry demands soon before her death. The husband appealed, arguing insufficient evidence. The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction, holding that while material existed to invoke the presumption under Section 113-B of the Evidence Act, the appellate Court cannot reassess concurrent findings of fact unless they are manifestly perverse or vitiated by procedural error. The Court's analysis of witness credibility and evidence was not demonstrably flawed, making interference unwarranted.
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