Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1089 · Decided 9 September 2025
Geeta v. The State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1089 · [2025] 10 S.C.R. 44
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1044/2018
- Decided
- 9 September 2025
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, K.V. VISWANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 107; CrPC
Headnote
Whether the conviction of the appellant u/s.306, IPC is sustainable; was the evidence against the appellant of such nature that the overt acts attributed to her left the deceased-victim with no option except to commit suicide. Penal Code, 1860 - when not attracted - Deceased-victim and the first accused-appellant were immediate neighbours however, they were not on cordial terms and used to be at loggerheads - Case of the prosecution that victim took tuition classes in her house and that there used to be persistent noise
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