Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 304 · Decided 3 March 2009
Riyojoddin Rafiyoddin Shaik v. State of Maharashtra REP. BY Public Prosecutor
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 304 · [2009] 3 S.C.R. 944
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 426/2009
- Decided
- 3 March 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed After
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
C; Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Death due to burn injury - Deceased was ill treated by husband- Found dead with burn . injury - Smell of kerosene from body of victim and clothes found burnt - Circumstantial evidence pointing guilt towards · husband - Conviction of husband Injuries D on dead body were sufficient in ordinary course of nature to cause death - Circumstances highlighted by prosecution as • analysed by courts below clearly established guilt of accused - Conviction upheld - Evidence - Circumstantial evidence. E Prosecution case was that the deceased
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