Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 871 · Decided 7 August 2019
Bhagwan v. State of Maharasahtra Through Secretary Home, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 871 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 135
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 385/2010
- Decided
- 7 August 2019
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, K.M. JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Prosecution u/ss. 302 and 326 - For causing death of his wife and injuries to two children by setting them ablaze after pouring kerosene on them - Dying declaration of the deceased - Conviction u/s.302 and acquittal u/s. 326 by courts below - Held: Cause of death is proved to be homicidal author whereof was the accused - The dying declaration is amply proved by the evidence of the officer who recorded it and the medical officer - Defence version of getting burn due to accidental fall of lamp not acceptable -
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