Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 160 · Decided 2 August 1977
State of Bihar v. Ramesh Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 160 · [1978] 1 S.C.R. 257
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 51/1977
- Decided
- 2 August 1977
- Bench
- N.L. UNTWALIA, P.N. SHINGAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 227
Headnote
.: CirinJi11al Procedure Code 1973-Sections 226, 227 and 228. Te~tr for discharging an accused-Presumption of innocence-Difference betwetn cake for conviction or case for proceeding further • At J.00 A . .M. on the 26th of November 1973 SmL Tara Devi, wife of res­ pondent. a professor of Kitchen of their house. She died as a result ·of excessive bum injuries on her person. The brother of Tara. Devi · rushed to the spot and found that respondent and his brother were standing near tte burning body of Tara Devi but were not taking any steps to extinguish tho f.re. He
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