Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 150 · Decided 27 March 2000
Surendra Chauhan v. State of M.P
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 150 · [2000] 2 S.C.R. 515
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 342/1998
- Decided
- 27 March 2000
- Bench
- D.P. WADHWA, RUMA PAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 314134, 314, 34; Evidence Act Section 24; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860 : S.314134-Common intention-Death caused while causing miscarriage of victim with child-Accused having illicit relations with victim-Three months pregnancy-Accused taking victim to clinic of an Electro Homoeopathy prac­ titioner not competent to terminate pregnancy with to mother of victim-Held, accused was rightly convicted uls. 3141 34-Extra-judicial confe5·sion of accused made to mother of victim being quite natural, conviction based thereon upheld-Sentence reduced to one and ha(f years R.1.-Fine enhanced-Evidence Act, 1872-S.24_.;_Extra-judicial
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