Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 620 · Decided 14 December 2012
Attar Singh v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 620 · [2012] 13 S.C.R. 1213
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1091/2010
- Decided
- 14 December 2012
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 302, 498A; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 304 (Part I) - Prosecution u/s. 302 and 49BA - Of the c accused for killing his wife - Conviction u/s. 302 by trial court relying an evidence of daughter of the accused - However, accused acquitted uls. 498A - Order Confirmed by High Court - On appeal, held: The prosecution for causing the death of the D . deceased - The evidence of the daughter of the accused is reliable even though she turned hostile, as the same is corroborated by other evidence - But since it is not proved that the accused had pre-meditated intention to kill the deceased, the case would
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