Supreme Court of India

Narendra Singh and Anr. v. State of M.P.

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Reported as [2004] 3 S.C.R. 1148
Bench Y.K. Sabharwal and S.B. Sinha JJ.
Decided 12 April 2004

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the impugned judgment cannot be sustained which is set aside.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 201 and 302/Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 313: ' c Husband allegedly harassed wife for demand of dowry-Committed her murder in collusion with his mother-Caused disappearance of evidence with the help of mother, father and sister-Trial Court acquitted all the accused- High Court convicting husband and mother-On appeal, Held: Findings of the trial Court did not warrant interference by the High Court-High Court erred in holding that because accused was husband of the deceased, he had a chance to throttle her without any resistance-On the one hand it held that

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