Supreme Court of India

S.D. Soni v. State of Gujarat

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Reported as [1990] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 668
Bench S. Ratnavel Pandian and K. Jayachandra Reddy JJ.
Decided 21 December 1990

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons assigned in paragraph 34-39 of its judgment.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Indian Penal Code 1860: Sections 300, 302 and 304 Part ll- Deceased-Whether committed suicide by taking poison or was murdered by her husband-No direct evidence to prove either of the · versions-Guilt of appellant/husband to be drawn from circumstantial evidence-Held on facts-Defence theory of suicide-Complete hoax­ Falsely invented to escape guilt, legal punishment and drift course of investigations-blow given to deceased on vital part of body containing vital organ-Held act done only with knowledge that it is likely to cause death. Indian Evidence Act, 1872: Sections 3, 1 I and 45

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