Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1000 · Decided 4 September 2019
Jagbir Singh v. State
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1000 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 1137
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 967/2015
- Decided
- 4 September 2019
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, K.M. JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 506; Evidence Act Section 32; Hindu Succession Act; Succession Act
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 506 - Prosecution under - Alleging that the accused killed his wife setting her ablaze after pouring kerosene oil over her - Accused also sustained burn injuries - In the MLC (on 24.1.2008 the date of incident) the victim-wife made her statement that fire was of petrol from the tank of motorcycle when the accused was lighting his 'biri' - On 25.1.2018 in statement made to the police officer the victim did not implicate the accused - However, in her statement dated 27.01.2008 the victim attributed the act of setting her ablaze by pouring kerosene
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