Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 384 · Decided 6 May 2016
State of Hlmachal Pradesh v. Rajiv Jassi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 384 · [2016] 2 S.C.R. 468
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 771/2005
- Decided
- 6 May 2016
- Bench
- V. GOPALA GOWDA, ARUN MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 106
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Conviclion based on circumstantial evidence and imposition of life imprisonment ·· Murder of pregnant 11·ife by adminislering poison - Conviction by trial court. set aside by appellate court - SI ale~· appeal against acquillal - Held: Accused of the victim-deceased including swelling on the ll'omb when admittedly he was in the company of the deceased - Injury on the front part of body was strong circumstance to show that deceased was subjected to violence b~fore she succumbed due to poisoning · There was ovenvhelming
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