Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1223 · Decided 6 November 2009
Jayabalan v. U.T. of Pondicherry
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1223 · [2009] 15 S.C.R. 736
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1246/2002
- Decided
- 6 November 2009
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
- Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Murder by husband - Strained relations between the couple - Case based on ,.._ c circumstantial evidence - Oral dying declaration made to two PWs - Some of the witnesses related to the deceased - Acquittal by trial court- Conviction by High Court- On appeal, - High Court rightly convicted the accused relying on the dying declaration - Version of PWs are reliable - They cannot be discarded for their being related .. D with the deceased - The plea that it was a suicidal attempt not proved from the facts - There was no delay in lodging FIR or
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