Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1155 · Decided 18 September 2009
Jag Dish v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1155 · [2009] 14 S.C.R. 727
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 338/2007
- Decided
- 18 September 2009
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, J.M. PANCHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 84; Constitution
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 - Multiple murders - Accused-husband found in c his house with a blood stained knife besides the dead bodies of his wife and minor children - Conviction under s.302 on the basis of circumstantial evidence and death sentence awarded - Justification of- Held: Justified - case in its entirety- Circumstances D -.., forming a chain even stronger than an eye-witness account. s. 84 - Benefit under, entitlement - Held: The benefit of , s. 84 is available to a person who at the time when the act was done was incapable of knowing the nature of his act or that E
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)