Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 437 · Decided 31 March 2009
Krishna Ghosh v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 437 · [2009] 5 S.C.R. 333
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 597/2009
- Decided
- 31 March 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - 498-A and 302134 - Subjecting the wife to cruelty and her murder - Within 1 year 4 months of c marriage - Circumstantial evidence - Prosecution witnesses proving that body of deceased found from matrimonial home; injuries on her body; accused absconding at the relevant time - corroborated by autopsy report - Conviction by courts below - On appeal, held: In view of the D evidence of PWs and autopsy report accused-husband liable to be convicted. Evidence - circumstantial evidence - Reliance on - Held: Conviction can be based on such evidence - Condition E precedent for
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