Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 156 · Decided 1 March 2024
Kumar @ Shiva Kumar v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 156 · [2024] 3 S.C.R. 329
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1427/2011
- Decided
- 1 March 2024
- Bench
- BELA M. TRIVEDI, UJJAL BHUYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306
Headnote
Appellant was convicted for the offence u/s. 306 IPC by the trial Court and the conviction was upheld by the High Court. Whether the prosecution proved the charge of abetment to commit suicide u/s. 306 IPC against the appellant. Penal Code, 1860 - s. 306 that appellant was earlier residing in the house of the victim-deceased X as a tenant - It was alleged that appellant threatened victim to marry him when she was returning home after dropping children of her sister at school - Thereafter, she consumed poison in the house -
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