Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1355 · Decided 10 December 2019
Saeeda Khatoon Arshi v. State of Up & Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1355 · [2019] 14 S.C.R. 829
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1815/2019
- Decided
- 10 December 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HRISHIKESH ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 319; Evidence Act Section 114; Constitution
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.319 - Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence - Prosecution case was that appellant received phone call on fateful night at 3 a.m. from second respondent-husband of her daughter that the victim-deceased has hanged of her daughter and found her dead body lying on floor - Appellant fell unconscious and when she regained consciousness, she came to know that the second respondent and his relatives bathed and buried the body of deceased - She then saw the photos of the dead body, which showed
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