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Raj Kumar Prasad Tamarkar v. State of Bihar and Anr.

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Reported as [2007] 1 S.C.R. 13
Bench S.B. Sinha and Markandey Ka Tju JJ.
Decided 4 January 2007

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Penal Code, 1860; s.302/Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; s. 313: Murder-Husband allegedly shot dead his wife- .I.R.-Recovery of. revolver from the place of incident '!'ith smoke coming out-Trial Court found accused guilty of committing murder of his wife and sentenced him· imprisonment for life-Reversed by High Court-On appeal, Held: No positive defence taken by accused, only a suggestion given that deceased might have been killed by an outsider-Jn the event, death wo~ld have been caused by an outsider, accused would have pointed it out to her mother-in-lawlneighbours/PWl present there and

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