Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 450 · Decided 28 July 2010
Arumugam v. The State Represented BY Its Inspector of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 450 · [2010] 9 S.C.R. 87
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 515/2007
- Decided
- 28 July 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
A 8 Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Murder - Son committing murder of step mother - Accused-son made extra judicial C confession to his step sister and, thereafter, to Village Administrative Officer in a short while - Recovery of rope used for strangulation - Conviction and sentence u/s. 302 by courts Justified - Accused after making extra judicial confession did not try to run away - He o was annoyed with the mother as he suspected her of being of low character - Medical evidence duly supported the ocular evidence - Father and brother-in-law of the accused having turned hostile would not
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