Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 756 · Decided 8 May 2009
K.N. Narendranath v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 756 · [2009] 7 S.C.R. 1221
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 965/2009
- Decided
- 8 May 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Homicidal death of wife - Allegedly due to manual strangulation by husband - Case primarily resting on extra-judicial confession made by appellant-husband - Conviction of appellant by trial court - c Upheld by High Court - Propriety of - Held: On facts, not proper - High - Conviction unsustainable, therefore set aside. CRIMINALAPPELLATEJURISDICTION: CriminalAppeal D No. 965 of 2009 From the Judgment and Order dated 26.07.2007 passed by the Hon'ble Division Bench of High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore in Cr. A. No. 1815 of 2004 Aravind Sawanth, Shanth Kumar V.
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