Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1066 · Decided 22 September 2008
Basavaraja & ORS. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1066 · [2008] 13 S.C.R. 777
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1/2002
- Decided
- 22 September 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, V.S. SIRPURKAR, G.S. SINGHVI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
777 BASAVARAJA & ORS. v. STATE OF l<ARNATAKA (Criminal Appeal No.1 of 2002) SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 . [DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT,V.S. SIRPURKAR AND G.S. SINGHVI, JJ] Penal Code, 1860: A B s. 302134 - Prosecution of accused persons, 'all mem- C bers of a family, for causing death of wife of one of and bums to be post mortem - Trial Court finding D · evidence of prosecution witnesses not reliable and cogent - Acquittal by trial court - Conviction by High Court - HELD: Evidence of doctor clearly shows that bums· were not ante mortem in nature but were post mortem -
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