Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Circumstantial evidence Murder |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Act(s) Referred | Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | PENAL CODE, 1860: s.302 - Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Husband suspecting fidelity of wife - Dead body of wife found in the premises in exclusive possession of the couple - Death caused by smothering - Husband absconded after the incident - Held: All the links in the chain of evidence are established beyond reasonable doubt and the established circumstances are consistent with the singular hypothesis that the accused is guilty of the crime and it is totally inconsistent with his innocence - Conviction and sentence as awarded by trial court and affirmed by High Court, upheld - Evidence - Circumstantial evidence - Criminal law - Motive.The appellant was prosecuted for the murder of his wife. The prosecution case was that the appellant suspected the character of his wife. In the morning of 17.10.2000, the wife of the appellant was found dead in their house. The appellant was absconding. The medical evidence established that it was a case of homicidal death and not of suicide as the deceased had died due to smothering. The trial court convicted the appellant u/s 302 IPC and sentenced him to imprisonment for life. The High Court affirmed the conviction and sentence. |
Judge | Honble Mr. Justice Dipak Misra |
Neutral Citation | 2013 INSC 214 |
Petitioner | Sooguru Subrahmanyam |
Respondent | State Of A.p. |
SCR | [2013] 2 S.C.R. 514 |
Judgement Date | 2013-04-04 |
Case Number | 164 |
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