Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 552 · Decided 19 April 1996
SMT. Rajeshwari Devi ETC. v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 552 · [1996] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 579
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 38/1987
- Decided
- 19 April 1996
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, SUJATA V. MANOHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 147, 201; Evidence Act Section 113
Headnote
DEVI ETC. v. STATE OF U.P. APRIL 19, 1996 [M.M. PUNCHHI AND SUJATA V. MANOHAR, .JJ.) Indian Penal Code, 186(}-Section 302-Death by gun shot injwy in husband's house--Circianstantial evidence-Husband convicted u/s. 302 /PC-Father-in-law convicted u/s 201 /PC-Acquittal of mother- in-law. Indian of deceased on that count-Presumption u/Ss 498A, 3048 !PC and I 138 Evidence Act which are subsequently enacted not available-Conviction u/S 302/34 /PC of fatlzer-in-law and 1nother-in-law not sustainable. The prosecution case was that the deceased was married to accused S on or about
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