Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 525 · Decided 18 August 2010
G. Parshwanath v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 525 · [2010] 10 S.C.R. 377
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 628/2005
- Decided
- 18 August 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, J.M. PANCHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302 and 201 - Punishment for murder and for causing disappearance of evidence - Prosecution case rested on circumstantial evidence - C Charred bodies of accused's wife and minor son recovered from the house of accused - Accused suspected the character of his wife and that testified that the accused subjected his wife to cruelty - Door of the accused's house was found o locked from outside - Kerosene was found present on the dead bodies- Trial courl convicted the accused u/ss.302 and 201 and sentenced him to life imprisonment - Conviction affirmed by High
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