Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 139 · Decided 4 March 2003
State of Karnataka v. M.V. Mahesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 139 · [2003] 2 S.C.R. 553
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1678/1995
- Decided
- 4 March 2003
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, AR. LAKSHMANAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Evidence Act
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860/Evidence Act, 1872: Circumstantial Evidence: Disappearance and murder of the deceased allegedly by husband and father-In-Law-Recovery of bones---Conviction by Trial Court-Reversed by High Court-On appeal, Held: In murder case of such nature, definite evidence A B c as to the was within the knowledge of accused need D to be established-Discovery of bones of the deceased not based on the basis of statement of her husban~Absence of motive and other appropriate material to establish involvement of husband in the commission of murder-hence conviction of husband rightly
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