Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 913 · Decided 13 September 2007
Stte of Rajasthan v. Parthu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 913 · [2007] 9 S.C.R. 932
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 325/2002
- Decided
- 13 September 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
OF RAJAS THAN v. PARTHU SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 B IS.B. SINHA AND HARJIT SINGH BEDl,JJ.1 Penal Code, 1860: s.302-Deceased died of burn injuries-Dying declaration that husband C poured kerosene oil and lit the fire-Conviction by trial court~et aside by High Court-On appeal, held: judgment of conviction with deceased when incident took piace- D After incident he was not found-It was for him to show as to how death of deceased took place-In the absence of sufficient and cogent explanations in that behalf, trial court correctly considered same as circumstances against him-Evidence Act,
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