Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 548 · Decided 17 April 2009
Sohel Mehaboob Shaikh v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 548 · [2009] 6 S.C.R. 483
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1080/2007
- Decided
- 17 April 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134, 34; CrPC Section 235
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302134 - Unnatural death of wife - Conviction of husband uls. 302 by courts below - However, c ,,,..., acquittal u/s. 498A as accusation for dowry torture not established - On appeal, held: Order of High Court based on surmises and conjectures - Charge against husband was that deceased met with unnatural death and accused did not offer explanation D regarding the incident cannot be considered to be relevant either separately or collectively - There was no evidence to show (hat accused was present in the room at the time of occurrence - Prosecution could
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