Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 314 · Decided 19 April 2011
Gopal v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 314 · [2011] 5 S.C.R. 501
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 29/2006
- Decided
- 19 April 2011
- Bench
- V.S. SIRPURKAR, T.S. THAKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
501 GO PAL v. STATE OF KARNATAKA (Criminal Appeal No. 29 of 2006) APRIL 19, 2011 [V.S. SIRPURKAR AND T.S. THAKUR, JJ.) A 8 Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Conviction under-Allegation that accused-husband poured kerosene on the body of his wife and set her on fire - Dying declaration recorded by police - Justification of- Held: Justified - The dying declaration was rightly 1made the sole basis for the conviction of accused - D Thero/was no explanation by the accused anywhere as to how the presence of kerosene was found on the inner and outer garments of his wife - FSL Report endorsed
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