Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 622 · Decided 17 July 2017
Padmini Mahendrabhai Gadda v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 622 · [2017] 7 S.C.R. 825
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 40/2007
- Decided
- 17 July 2017
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Matter referred to larger bench
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 201; CrPC Section 313, 377
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 201 - Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender A B - Ingredients of s. 201 - Prosecution case that main accused owing C to his illicit relationship with the appellant, committed murder of appellants husband with the help of that the appellant remained silent and absconded with the main accused - Conviction of the main accused u/s. 302 and 20 I, however, appellant convicted only u/s. 201 and sentenced to two years RI - High Court suo motu enhanced the sentence of the D appellant to seven years - On appeal, held: Per
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