Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 937 · Decided 16 December 2015
State of Maharashtra v. Hemant Kawadu Chauriwal ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 937 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 1112
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1828/2013
- Decided
- 16 December 2015
- Bench
- PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE, R.K. AGRAWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 3048
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 3048 rlw. s. 34 and s. c 498A - Prosecution under - Of five accused - Trial court, relying on Dying Declaration and the letters written by the deceased to her father, convicted accused No. 1 ulss. 302 and 498A rlw. s. 34 and accused No. 4 u/s. 498-A, while - In appeal by the convicted D accused, High Court, acquitted them giving them benefit of doubt - On appeal by the State, held: There are improvements in the testimony of material witnesses- In the facts and circumstances of the case, the Dying declaration as well as the alleged letters
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