Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 445 · Decided 29 September 1999
Koli Chunilal Savji and ANR. v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 445 · [1999] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 284
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1786/1996
- Decided
- 29 September 1999
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, M. SRINIVASAN, N. SANTOSH HEGDE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 498; CrPC Section 378, 386; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
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