Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 883 · Decided 26 September 2018
Jagjit Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 883 · [2018] 13 S.C.R. 405
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 408/2017
- Decided
- 26 September 2018
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, NAVIN SINHA, K.M. JOSEPH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304; Evidence Act Section 113; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Constitution of India - Art.136 - Contours of jurisdiction under - Appellant's wife died along with her child by way of drowning in a river within seven years of her marriage - Trial Court convicted the appellant u/s.304-B of IPC - Conviction affirmed by the to a period of 7 years - Appellant contended that there was neither cruelty nor any demand for dowry - On appeal, held: In various Supreme Court judgments, it has been held that in an appeal u/Art.136, the Court will not reassess the evidence at large, particularly, when it has
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