Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 431 · Decided 3 July 2013
State of Himachal Pradesh v. Jai Chand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 431 · [2013] 10 S.C.R. 646
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 269/2007
- Decided
- 3 July 2013
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Murder of wife - Conviction C by trial court - Acquittal by High Court - Held: Order of High Court was unsustainable as the same was passed in disregard of the medical evidence and the material witnesses - In view of the medical evidence, evidence of the independent accused, he is liable to be convicted D - Order of conviction restored. Respondent-accused No.1 was prosecuted for the offences punishable ulss. 302 rlw. s. 34 and 498-A IPC, alongwith accused Nos.2 and 3. The prosecution case was that the respondent brought his wife (deceased) to E hospital in
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