Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 34 · Decided 10 January 2008
Bija & Ors v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 34 · [2008] 1 S.C.R. 477
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 344/2007
- Decided
- 10 January 2008
- Bench
- C.K. THAKKER, D.K. JAIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 304
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 rlw s. 34 - Murder - Prosecution case that marital discqrd· between wife and first husband - On intervention and pressure by Panchayat, c second marriage of wife with first husband's brother by karewa marriage though in-laws and former husband not in favour - wife in matrimonial home -:- Conviction of in-laws, former husband and second husband uls 302 rlw s. 0 34 by courts below - Correctness of - Held: Death was homicidal in nature and was caused by asphyxia due to smothering - Second husband had direct, immediate and proximate grievance - Hence,
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