Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 934 · Decided 19 October 2023
Indrakunwar v. The State of Chhattisgarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 934 · [2023] 14 S.C.R. 959
- Case number
- CONTEMPT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 1730/2012
- Decided
- 19 October 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, SANJAY KAROL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Contempt
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 3; Constitution
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Whether, in explaining the purported incriminating circumstance against her, the convict-appellant ought to have disclosed, over and above denial of any relationship with the deceased child, the specifi cs of her miscarriage and its aftermath; particularly has failed to discharge its burden of establishing such relationship between the deceased and the convict -appellant. Constitution of India - Right to Privacy - Personal life of a woman accused of committing a crime - Failure of Prosecution to discharge its duty: Held: The
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