Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 529 · Decided 22 April 2025
Aejaz Ahmad Sheikh v. State of Uttar Pradesh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 529 · [2025] 4 S.C.R. 1507
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2142/2017
- Decided
- 22 April 2025
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, PANKAJ MITHAL, AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- BNSS Section 351; IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act
Headnote
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court by which the accused was acquitted of the offence punishable u/s.302 IPC. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.313 - Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Murder - Murder of women and her three daughters by setting them on fire - FIR by complainant-brother of deceased lady against accused- husband and co-accused, that they poured kerosene on the wife and three daughters and set them on fire - Co-accused later succumbed to burn
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