Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 966 · Decided 25 August 2008
B. Venkat Swamy v. Vijaya Nehru and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 966 · [2008] 12 S.C.R. 687
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 209/2001
- Decided
- 25 August 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM, AFTAB ALAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 304, 498, 4; CrPC
Headnote
687 ~'.../ B. VENKAT SWAMY A V. VIJAYA NEHRU AND ANR. (Criminal Appeal No.209 of 2001) AUGUST 25, 2008 B ) [DR. ARIJ.IT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM AND AFTAB ALAM, JJ.) Criminal Appeal: Penal Code, 1860; ss. 302, 304 and 498: c Dowry demand - Husband allegedly committed murder of wife - Has of accused - Conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence provided it shauld be tested • by the touchstone of law relating to circumstantial evidence - High Court has rightly held that prosecution could not establish the accusations - Moreover, examination in terms of s.313 E
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