Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 4 · Decided 9 January 1974
Sawal Das v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 4 · [1974] 3 S.C.R. 74
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 70/1972
- Decided
- 9 January 1974
- Bench
- M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, P.N. BHAGWATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 109, 34, 201; CrPC Section 164; Evidence Act Section 103, 106
Headnote
STAT);: OF BIHAR January 9, 1974 [M. H. BEG AND P. N. BHAGWATI, JJ.J Indian Penal Code (Act 45 of 1860), s. 34 and 302-Circun1sta11tial evicknce­ Accusedchargedunders. 302/34-When accused1nay be convicted unders. 302, when the others are acquitted under s. 302/34-0./Jence under s. mother-in-law; were very strained; that, on the morning of the murder following a quarrel between them the appellant went with his wife, the deceased, into a room, into which his father and mother then followed; that, immediately thereafter, cries of the murdered woman were heard to save her from
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