Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 54 · Decided 17 January 2019
Yogendra @ Jogendra Singh v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 54 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 248
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 84/2019
- Decided
- 17 January 2019
- Bench
- S.A. BOBDE, L. NAGESWARA RAO, R. SUBHASH REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 326(A), 460; CrPC Section 366
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302, 326(A) and 460 - Murder - Conviction and death sentence - High Court affirmed conviction and sentence - Prosecution case was that the appellant threw acid on the victim-deceased which resulted in her death - grandmother, nephew and brother of the deceased also received acid burn injuries - Dying declaration was recorded by the Tehsildar - Deceased in her dying declaration stated that the appellant had burnt her by pouring acid on her and that he used to harass her and abuse her on phone
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