Supreme Court · 1993 INSC 82 · Decided 5 March 1993
Surinder Pal Jain v. Delhi Administration
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1993 INSC 82 · [1993] 2 S.C.R. 226
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 123/1985
- Decided
- 5 March 1993
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, N.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 460, 203, 302
Headnote
PAL JAIN v. DELHI ADMINISTRATION MARCH 5, 1993 B (DR. A.S. ANAND AND N.P. SINGH, JJ.) Indian Pe11al (:ode, 1860: Sections 203 and 302-Appellant accused of murdering his wife-No C eye witness of occurrence-Prosecutio11 case based on circumstantial evidence-Disclosure statement of accused and When case based on circumstantial evidence-Motive assumes perti11ent significa11ce-Finding of guilt recorded by D High Court not sustai11able in law. E The appellant and his wife went to sleep in the back varandah of their house on the fateful night of 25th/26th July, 1976 w~ile the
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