Supreme Court of India
T.K. Reddy v. State of A.P. and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the conviction made on the charge against him under Section 302 !PC cannot be sustained.
Judgment, page 4
From the headnote
c Penal Code, 1860: Section 302: Murder-Charge against husband of deceased-Two dying declarations-One stating that her husband set her on fire and another stating that she set herself on fire-Presence of accused-husband at the time of incident contradictory to facts on record-Conviction-Correctness of-Held, it is not open to Court to surmise on facts and convict a person-Hence conviction under Section 302 /PC cannot be sustained-Evidence Act, 1872-Dying declaration. According to the prosecution, on the fateful day, wife of the accused-appellant came out of the house with her clothes aflame.
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