Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 674 · Decided 2 August 2023
Wazir Khan v. State of Uttarakhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 674 · [2023] 11 S.C.R. 39
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1922/2017
- Decided
- 2 August 2023
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201; Evidence Act Section 106
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration : In a case hinging on circumstantial evidence, where the appellant was put to trial u/ss. 302 and 201 IPC for murdering his wife, and he did not dispute his presence at the place of incident and, further, the explanation off ered by him as regards wife was found to be false, whether the High Court was justifi ed in reversing the acquittal order passed by the trial court. Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 201 - Reversal of acquittal by High Court - Propriety: Held : When attention of the appellant was drawn to the
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