Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 194 · Decided 10 March 2015
Vijaypal v. State (Gnct) of Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 194 · [2015] 3 S.C.R. 394
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2153/2011
- Decided
- 10 March 2015
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, N.V. RAMANA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860- s. 302 - Prosecution under- Death caused by husband of his wife -After 11 years of marriage - By setting the wife on fire - Dying declaration - Conviction by courts below- On appeal, held: Conviction was justified- D The dying declaration, the post-mortem report, the oral the doctor who conducted post-mortem, the seized items from the place of occurrence, prove that the incident was not accidental - The evidence of the minor daughter of the E deceased who was declared hostile, is unbelievable in view of the medical evidence - Plea of alibi is also sketchy and does
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