Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 775 · Decided 7 July 2008
Murugan v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 775 · [2008] 10 S.C.R. 78
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 997/2008
- Decided
- 7 July 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376(1), 302, 511
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 376(1) rlw s. 511 ands. 302 - Rape and murder - Conviction under - Husband found ac- c cused lying over his wife and strangulating her resulting in her death - Conviction uls. 376(1) rlw s. 511 ands. 302 by courts below - Justification of- Held: Justified - Courts below with re- gard to involvement of the accused. ,,.._ D According to the prosecution case, PW-1 was en- gaged in business and had employed accused as an as- sistant. The business was carried out in the ground floor and accused was also residing therein whereas PW-1 and his family were residing at
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