Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 382 · Decided 12 September 2002
Gurpreet Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 382 · [2002] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 337
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 130/2002
- Decided
- 12 September 2002
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, Y.K. SABHARWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 161; Constitution
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-Section 302-Murder of wife by husband­ Circumstantial evidence against husband-Plea of Alibi-Disbelieved and convicted by courts below-On appeal-Held, in view of the conduct of the C accused, and the motive, there is sufficient evidence on record to connect him to the itself can form basis of conviction, provided chain of events is complete in such a way as to poi1Jt out the guilt of accused and none other. D Inconsistency between evidence and statement u/s 161 Cr.P.C.-Ejfect of-Held, does not imply total rejection of the evidence, but the same to be subjected
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)