Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 749 · Decided 8 May 2009
State of West Bengal v. Dipak Halder & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 749 · [2009] 8 S.C.R. 530
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 543/2004
- Decided
- 8 May 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, D.K. JAIN, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 498A, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 498A - Married woman C burnt to death - Husband and in-laws of deceased allegedly ill-treated her due to non-payment of dowry by her father - Case based on circumstantial evidence - Defence plea that the incident occurretl due to bursting of kerosene by trial Court - Reversed O by High Court - On appeal, held: Conviction can be based on circumstantiai evidence if it is of such a character that the same is wholly inconsistent with the innocence of the accused and is consistent only with his guilt - In the instant case, apart from
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