Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 184 · Decided 12 March 2014
Jumni and Others v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 184 · [2014] 3 S.C.R. 673
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1159/2005
- Decided
- 12 March 2014
- Bench
- RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
PENAL CODE: s.302 - Death of a married woman by burns - Dying declaration - Relatives of husband of deceased convicted and sentenced - Plea of alibi of two of the appellants not accepted A B c by courts below - Held: Testimony of alibi witnesses of two of the four appellants deserves acceptance - witness that the door of the room of the deceased was locked from inside and when he broke open it, he saw the deceased on fire, cannot be glossed over - Thus, it is not possible to discount the theory of suicide - Besides, with everybody being roped in for every event, it is not E possible in
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