Supreme Court of India

Sonali Mukherjee v. Union of India

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Reported as [2009] 14 S.C.R. 858
Bench B. N. Agrawal, V.S. Sirpurkar and H.L Dattu JJ.
Decided 30 September 2009

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we also dismiss the appeal, challenging the acquittal of Assadid Poddar (A-2).

Judgment, page 33

From the headnote

Pf!nal Code, 1860 - ss. 302134, 304 (Part I) - Murder - Allegation of illegal intimacy between -1-wife of deceased and -2, and as a result commission of murder of deceased - Death due to gardenal poisoning - Presence of barbiturate and alcohol in viscera - Conviction uls. 302134 - High Court acquitting -2 and conviction of -1 altered to s. 304 (Part I) - On appeal, held: No evidence to prove that the death by I i ,. poisoning was homicidal - Conviction was on basis of evidence of servant of deceased who was not a reliable witness - Evidence about the illegal intimacy between -1 and -2 not

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