Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 322 · Decided 4 March 2025
Patel Babubhai Manohardas & ORS. v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 322 · [2025] 3 S.C.R. 432
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1388/2014
- Decided
- 4 March 2025
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 114; SC/ST Act
Headnote
The four appellants were convicted by the Trial Court u/ss.306 and 114 of Penal Code, 1860 and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 5 years. The High Court affirmed the conviction and sentence. Whether the High Court was justified in affirming the conviction - ss.306 and 114 - Victim-deceased died by consuming poison - It was alleged that one cleaning worker in his office had trapped him in a love scandal - A note was found from the pocket of deceased stating that the said cleaning worker and her family members were
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