Supreme Court of India

P. Mani v. State of Tamil Nadu

Neutral citation
Reported as [2006] 2 S.C.R. 486
Bench S.B. Sinha and P.P. Naolekar JJ.
Decided 24 February 2006

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Evidence Act, 1872: ,_ c Section 106-Applicability of-Burden of proof-Deceased-Wife closed herself in a room and put fire on herse/f--Husband.and other witnesses broke open the door-Doused the fire by pouring water--Conviction of husband- Courts below were of the opinion that it was for the husband to offer some explanation terms a/Section 106-Justification o/-Held, not justified-Section 106 cannot be said to have any application as the occurrence took place inside a room and husband and other witnesses broke open the door after seeing the smoke coming out from the room-Penal Code,

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Of those, 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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