Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 572 · Decided 4 October 2004
Usman Mian and ORS. v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 572 · [2004] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 21
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 587/1999
- Decided
- 4 October 2004
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, C.K. THAKKER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 Conviction based on circumstantial evidence-Principles restated­ Deceased found to have injuries-Not explained properly-Attempt by appellants to bury the body hurriedly-Plea falsified-Appellants absconding­ Held, circumstances sufficient to convict the accused-Though was married to appellant no. 1. Appellants 2 and 3 were her step-sons and they were not happy with the marriage. After two months of the marriage deceased started sending information that the appellants used to vex and torture her and had even given threat to kill her. The days prior to the
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