Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1259 · Decided 7 November 2008
Raghavendra Sharma v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1259 · [2008] 15 S.C.R. 916
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1063/2001
- Decided
- 7 November 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, C.K. THAKKER, D.K. JAIN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 201
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860; s. 302 rlw s.34: Murder - Husband allegedly committed murder of his wife - Trial Court, on the basis of post-mortem report and evidence of doctor, found the accused guilty of committing murder of his wife and sentenced him accordingly - Affirmecf 0 by High Court - Correctness of - Doctor conducted post-mortem opined that- cause of death was asphyxia as a result of suffocation - Since no food particles found in trachea, larynx and bronchitis, question. of vomited material blocking the air passaga clearly ruled out - Accused E was living along with deceased in the same
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