Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 609 · Decided 14 August 1997
Ajit Savant Majagavi v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 609 · [1997] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 444
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 368/1991
- Decided
- 14 August 1997
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, S. SAGHIR AHMAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 73
Headnote
Criminal Law-Indian Penal Code, 1860-Section 302-Criminal Pro­ cedure Code 197rSection 378-Appeal against acquittal-Appellant ac­ quitted by trial court-Of charge of murdering wife-High Court reversing the C acquittal on circumstantial evidence-Whether permissible-Held, permis­ D Section 73-Comparison of signature of accused-Held Court em- powered to con;pare disputed signatures of accused w#h the admitted signa­ ture. The Appellant was married to one P. After a while disputes arose E between the appellant and his wife, since be suspected her fidelity. Appel­
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