Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 938 · Decided 16 December 2015
Rajiv Singh v. State of Bihar & Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 938 · [2015] 12 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1708/2015
- Decided
- 16 December 2015
- Bench
- V. GOPALA GOWDA, AMITAVA ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3048, 201, 498A
Headnote
1 A B Penal Code, 1860: ss.3048, 201, 498A - Unnatural death of woman - Appellant and his wife 'A' went on c honeymoon trip after 4 months of marriage and spent 4-5 days there - While travelling on their way back, 'A' disappeared from the train - After 3 days, a dead body of a woman was - Body had been lying prostrate due to which the face D was not recognizable - The cousin of 'A' surveyed the dead body and opined that it was not of 'A' - As per post mortem report, the time lag between the death and post mortem examination was more than 6 days- Pending investigation, mother
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