Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 852 · Decided 29 May 2009
Bhairon Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 852 · [2009] 9 S.C.R. 875
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1124/2009
- Decided
- 29 May 2009
- Bench
- D.K. JAIN, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 498A; Evidence Act Section 32(1)
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: Sections 304-B, 306, 498A - Case under s.304-B and c 306 - Death of wife - Husband acquitted - Death neither "'""- homicidal or suicidal but accidental - Oral evidence of witnesses about what the deceased told them against the accused about the treatment meted out the Evidence Act to sustain D conviction under Section 498A /PC - Held: Evidence of PW- 4. and PW-5 about what the deceased had told them against the accused about the torture and harassment is inadmissible under Section 32(1) of the Evidence Act - Such evidence cannot be looked into for any
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