Supreme Court of India
Sukhram v. State of Maharashtra
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the prosecution has failed to establish that the conduct of appellant A-2, both at the time of the occurrence and immediately thereafter, is· consistent with the hypothesis of his guilt.
Judgment, page 14
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 201, 302, 304- , 498- rlw Section 34/Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Ss. 222, 313 and 464: Dowry death- ,ccused-husband in collusion with his father allegedly • harassed his wife for demand of dowry, committed her murder and thrown her dead body in a well-FJR-lnvestigation-Charge-sheet-Trial Court found both the accused guilty of committing offences punishable u!s. 304- and 498- r!w Section 34 JPC-Setting aside the conviction of both the accused u!s. 304- , 498- rlw Section 34 !PC, High Court found both the accused guilty of committing offences punishable u!Ss. 302°
Where later benches applied it
- 2018 Dinesh Kumar Kalidas Patel v. The State of Gujarat
- 2013 Tejinder Singh @ Kaka v. State of Punjab
- 2013 Rishipal v. State of Uttarakhand
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to
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