Supreme Court of India

Budhi Lal v. State of Uttarakhand

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Reported as [2008] 13 S.C.R. 1015
Decided 26 September 2008

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t ' Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 304 (Part I) - Murder - Prosecution case· c that accused murdered his wife - Visitor in the house witnessed accused assaulting his wife - Conviction u/s 302 and RI for life by courts below - Justification of - Held: Presence of the -+ witness in the house established - Accused himself accepted that he was with deceased at the night of occurrence - Also statement by the daughter of accused that herfather suspected his wife was having illicit relationship with witness- Thus, courts below rightly held accused guilty - However, on facts, convic- tion altered to

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