Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 722 · Decided 28 February 2023
Kashibai & ORS. v. The State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 722 · [2023] 3 S.C.R. 175
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 627/2023
- Decided
- 28 February 2023
- Bench
- AJAY RASTOGI, BELA M. TRIVEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A, 306, 107, 34, 304; Evidence Act Section 113A
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.498A, 306 r/w 34 - Appellants-accused were convicted u/ss.498A, 306 r/w 34 and sentenced - Held: Deceased was subjected to harassment at the instance of appellants - Prosecution has successfully brought home the charges levelled against them for the However, it failed to adduce any clinching evidence to conclude that the appellants abetted the deceased to commit suicide - Mere fact of commission of suicide by itself would not be sufficient for the court to raise the presumption u/s.113A, Evidence Act, and to hold the accused
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