Supreme Court of India

Sohel Mehaboob Shaikh v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2009] 6 S.C.R. 483
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.
Decided 17 April 2009

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302134 - Unnatural death of wife - Conviction of husband uls. 302 by courts below - However, c ,,,..., acquittal u/s. 498A as accusation for dowry torture not established - On appeal, held: Order of High Court based on surmises and conjectures - Charge against husband was not established - Circumstances that deceased met with unnatural death and accused did not offer explanation regarding the incident cannot be considered to be relevant either separately or collectively - There was no evidence to show (hat accused was present in the room at the time of occurrence -

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 mentioned

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