Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 262 · Decided 25 October 1972
Bhagwan Kaur v. Maharaj Krishan Sharma & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 262 · [1973] 2 S.C.R. 702
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 235/1969
- Decided
- 25 October 1972
- Bench
- HANS RAJ KHANNA, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Critninal trial-Appraisal of evidence in case of alleged nu1rder by B .sulphuric acid poisoning-Murder or suicide-Conduct of accused­ Opinion of handwriting expert providing alleged dying declaration to be in deceased's handwriting-Evidence of handwriting expert not re/iable­ Appeal under some glaring infirn1iry in High Court's ji1dgn1ent resulting in n1iscarriage of justice. "'· The first respondent and his mother were charged with i:he murder of his wife on the allegation that they had forcibly administered sulphuric acid poison to the deceased. Immediately after
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