Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 687 · Decided 26 September 2014
Patel Maheshbhai Ranchodbhai and Others v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 687 · [2014] 10 S.C.R. 678
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1973/2008
- Decided
- 26 September 2014
- Bench
- M.Y. EQBAL, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c ss. 306 rlw s. 114 and s. 498-A - Suicide by married woman in her matrimonial home within three years of her marriage - Dying declaration alleging harassment and severe beatings - Conviction of husband and sentence of 3 days i.e. the period already undergone - - 0 Sentence of husband enhanced to 7 years by High Court in suo motu revision - Acquittal of two other accused reversed and sentence of 7 years RI imposed - Held: High Court has correctly appreciated the evidence and reversed the acquittal - Besides, the dying declaration, there was
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