Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 214 · Decided 4 April 2013
Sooguru Subrahmanyam v. State of A.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 214 · [2013] 2 S.C.R. 514
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 164/2008
- Decided
- 4 April 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: c s.302 - Murder - Cir::;utnstantial evidence - Husband suspecting fidelity of wife - Dead body of wife found in the premises in exclusive possession of the couple - Death caused by smothering - Husband absconded after the incident - Held: All the links in the chain of evidence doubt and the established circumstances are consistent with the singular hypothesis that the accused is guilty of the crime and it is totally inconsistent with his innocence - Conviction and sentence as awarded by trial court and affirmed by High Court, upheld - Evidence - E Circumstantial
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