Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 142 · Decided 13 March 2001
Pawan Kumar v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 142 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 389
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1386/1999
- Decided
- 13 March 2001
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 306, 498, 498A, 201, 193; Evidence Act
Headnote
B _;t Evidence Act, 1882 : Suicide-By married ivonian-A.hetment r~f-Presurnption as f(J-Do1v1y torture-lie Id: In the circumstance o,f the case, accused co1n1ni1ted cruelty c toivards his deceased-1v~fe-Hence, High Cou1t rightly presunied accusPd abet- red suicide uf his wife-Penal Code, 1860, Ss. by- D field: Chain of events 1nust be so complete as to leave no doubt that the act is done by the accused person-\Vlzile it is true that there should be no rnissing links but every link ne~d not appear on the suiface o.fthe evidence, since so1ne links may only be infelTe:.1f1vm proven
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