Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1056 · Decided 19 September 2019
SMT. Gargi v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1056 · [2019] 13 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1046/2010
- Decided
- 19 September 2019
- Bench
- A.M. KHANWILKAR, DINESH MAHESHWARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 32(1)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Conviction under - Prosecution case was that appellant had killed her husband by strangulation and with the help of co-accused persons (her brothers), thereafter, hanged the dead body in one of the rooms in the house, as if it were a case of suicide to the prosecution, the relations of the deceased (husband) and the appellant (wife) were too strained; the deceased had stated threat perceptions that his wife might kill him, for she was involved in illicit relations and was desirous of grabbing his property - PW-7 (brother of deceased)
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