Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 608 · Decided 20 May 2022
Sabitri Samantaray v. State of Odisha
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 608 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 276
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 988/2017
- Decided
- 20 May 2022
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, KRISHNA MURARI, HIMA KOHLI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 304(II), 34; Evidence Act Section 106
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 304(II) - Prosecution case that victim-deceased was strangulated to death by the appellants (husband and wife) along with their daughter in their house and an attempt was made to conceal identity of deceased by pouring acid over the dead convicted appellants and their daughter for the offence u/s.302 r/w. s.34 IPC and sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment for life - However, the High Court acquitted daughter of all the charges and upheld the conviction of the appellants - The conviction of the appellants was
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