Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 384 · Decided 8 September 1999
Ram Saran Mahto and ANR. v. The State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 384 · [1999] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 250
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 912/1999
- Decided
- 8 September 1999
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, M.B. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 201, 342, 379
Headnote
MAHTO AND ANR. v. ~ THE STATE OF BIHAR I ' SEPTEMBER 8, 1999 . B [K.T. THOMAS AND M.B. SHAH JJ.] ? Penal Code, 1860: Sections 302, 34, 201, 342, 379-Deceased woman found missing-Dead body of the deceased recovered from well of the house- c Body of the deceased cremated hurriedly-Complaint the High Court dismissed-Present appeal filed-Held- Hurried cremation stood to be an incriminating circumstance-Stood isolated and unlinked with any other circumstance-Commission of offence in respect D of death of the deceased not proved-Conviction under Section 201 /PC unfounded The deceased
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