Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1214 · Decided 24 October 1996
Godabarish Mishra v. Kuntala Mishra and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1214 · [1996] SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 688
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 343/1991
- Decided
- 24 October 1996
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, B.L. HANSARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 161, 313; Evidence Act Section 45
Headnote
MISHRA v. KUNTALA MISHRA AND ANR. OCTOBER 24, 1996 [G.N. RAY AND B.L. HANSARIA, JJ.) · Indian Penal Code, 1860-Section 302:-Murder by strangula­ tion-Deceased under influence of anaesthesitr-No contiivance at the place of incident-Apparrel of the deceased intact-Motive against evidence, absolutely clinch­ ing in establishing the complacity of the accused. Ciiminal Tiial-Medical juiispntdence--Opinions in treatises-Held, D opinion held. in treatises, are at best, opinions of experts, cannot be held absolutely conclusive, particularly when other evidence
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