Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 478 · Decided 8 July 2014
Khim Singh v. State of Uttarakhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 478 · [2014] 8 S.C.R. 239
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1986/2009
- Decided
- 8 July 2014
- Bench
- S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA, V. GOPALA GOWDA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Murder ofmarrifJcJ .. woman - Circumstantial evidence - Appreciation of - Conviction of C appellant-husband by Courts below - Sustainal1iUty - Held: Sustainable - Appellant was unhappy with his wu..· and this resulted in quarrels between them off and on ;. preceding the date of the death - On the fateful night, when deceased was killed by means of D a Kulhari, except the appellant, nobody was residing in the said house - Therefore, deceased could not be killed as a result of assault by anybody else other than the appellant - Conduct of the
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