Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 680 · Decided 7 October 2010
Laxman Ram Mane v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 680 · [2010] 13 S.C.R. 134
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 19/2005
- Decided
- 7 October 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34; Evidence Act Section 113; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: C ss. 498-A and 306 - 'Cruelty' - Abetment of suicide - A woman drowned in river after one and a half years of marriage - Prosecution case of harassment of the victim by her husband and his sisters - Allegation of illicit relationship between husband of deceased and another woman - HELD: First and foremost, this is an appeal under Article 136 of the Constitution by way of special leave - Two courts, on a minute appreciation of the evidence, have found against the accused - There is no reason to hold otherwise - Nonetheless, on merits, it has come in the evidence of PW. 2,
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