Supreme Court of India

Bengai Mandal @ Begai Mandal v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [2010] 1 S.C.R. 439
Bench V.S. Sirpurkar J.
Decided 11 January 2010

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the period already undergone by the appellant would be 8 sufficient to meet the ends of justice.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: c ss.304 Part II and 326 rlw s.34 and s.302 r/w s.34 - Appellant and co-accused allegedly entered into house of deceased and poured acid over her, which caused blisters and rashes on her entire body, and ultimately she died - Dying declaration given by deceased - Conviction of 0 appellant under s.302 rlw s.34 - Challenge to - Held: In her dying declaration, deceased imputed acts of entry into her house and physical presence at the time of incident to appellant without anything more - In absence of any active role played by appellant or overt act being done by him, it cannot

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