Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 46 · Decided 20 January 2004
Sardar Khan v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 46 · [2004] 1 S.C.R. 891
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 852/2003
- Decided
- 20 January 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, S.B. SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 498A
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-Sections 302 and 498A-Within two years of marriage husband committing bmta/ murder of wife and also al/empting to burn her dead body-Husband, his brother and sister harassing and tor/I/ring C the victim earlier-Facts establishing motive on the part of husband to commit murder of ill treatment meted out to victim corroborated by her parents, her brother and also independent 11'ilnesses­ Also nothing on record lo show that outsider broke open the house and caused the murder-Conviction and sentence of husband by trial Court and D acq11ittal of brother and
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