Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 83 · Decided 9 February 2001
V. L. Tresa v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 83 · [2001] 1 S.C.R. 973
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 267/1991
- Decided
- 9 February 2001
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 201, 302; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Sections 201, 302-Murder of husband po/rayed as suicide and the weapon used was concealed-Trial Court acquitted appellant in the principal offence, but convicted for causing disappearance A B of evidence-High Court upheld the findings, bl// reduced the sentence-On C appeal Held, offence has caused disappearance of evidence in order to screen the offender-Conviction upheld, as only the appellant had knowledge of the circumstances of the death and her testimony has throughout been disbelieved-Appellant had made a deliberate a/tempt D to screen the offender causing
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