Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 136 · Decided 26 February 2004
Hans Raj v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 136 · [2004] 2 S.C.R. 676
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 609/1997
- Decided
- 26 February 2004
- Bench
- N. SANTOSH HEGDE, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 498; Evidence Act Section 113
Headnote
- ,._ Penal Code, 1860-Sections 306 and 498-A-Evidence Act, 1872- Section 113-A-Suicide by wife-Allegations of cruelty against husband but c no direct evidence that suicide abetted by husband-Case sought to be made ........ out at trial not stated in the course of investigation-Conviction of evidence on record, prosecution is guilty of improving its case from stage to stage-Further on slender evidence presumption under section 113A cannot be invoked-Mere fact that woman subjected to cruelty by her D husband does not automatically give rise to presumption that suicide was abetted by
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