Supreme Court of India

Manjunath Chennabasapa Madalli v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2007] 2 S.C.R. 795
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasa Yat and S.H. Kapadia JJ.
Decided 19 February 2007

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Penal Code, 1860-ss. 302 & 498A-Homicidal death of wife-Case based on circumstantial evidence-Circumstance of unnatural death-Dying declaration purportedly recorded by Tehsildar-Trial Court convicted husband under s.498A & 302 !PC-High Court set aside conviction under s.498A but maintained conviction under s.302 !PC-On appeal, held: Mere fact that wife died an unnatural death cannot by itself be a circumstance against husband particularly when s. 498- has been held to be inapplicable-Conclusion of Courts below that there was dying declaration is also not factually correct-Hence conviction set

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