Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 982 · Decided 27 September 2007
Amarsingh Munnasingh Suryawanshi v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 982 · [2007] 11 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 97/2006
- Decided
- 27 September 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 161
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860: y s. 302-Accused causing death of his wife by pouring kerosene c and setting her afire-Absconding for about a month-Two dying declarations of deceased implicating her husband-Conviction by trial court-Affirmed by High Court-HELD: Conviction can be based on dying declaration worthy-Nothing has been brought on record to show ' that death was a result of accident-Plea of accused that there was D no intention on his part to cause the death cannot be accepted- Evidence-Dying declaration. ,__ The appellant was prosecuted for causing death of his wife by -If setting her
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