Supreme Court of India

Bhairon Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2009] 9 S.C.R. 875
Bench D.K. Jain and R.M. Lodha JJ.
Decided 29 May 2009
Status Partly Overruled

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PENAL CODE, 1860: Sections 304- , 306, 498A - Case under s.304- and c 306 - Death of wife - Husband acquitted - Death neither "'""- homicidal or suicidal but accidental - Oral evidence of witnesses about what the deceased told them against the accused about the treatment meted out to her - Whether admissible under Section 32(1) of the Evidence Act to sustain conviction under Section 498A /PC - Held: Evidence of PW- 4. and PW-5 about what the deceased had told them against the accused about the torture and harassment is inadmissible under Section 32(1) of the Evidence Act - Such evidence

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