Supreme Court of India
Mannu Sao v. State of Bihar
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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 201 - Murder- Causing disappearance of evidence of offence - Accused's case that he found his wife lying in burnt condition and thereafter, she expired - Conviction and sentence ulss. 302 and 201 by courts below - Interference with - Held: Not called for- In the case of circumstantial evidence, besides the entire prosecution case, the statement made by accused u/s. 313 Cr.P. . can be important - Accused admitted in clear terms that deceased was his wife and she died of burn injuries - However, stated that she committed suicide by burning herself - Accused a/so
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- 2013 Gian Chand & Ors. v. State of Haryana
- 2012 Munna Kumar Upadhyaya @ Munna Upadhyaya v. The State of Andhra Pradesh through Public Prosecutor, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
- 2012 Neel Kumar @ Anil Kumar v. The State of Haryana
- 2025 Chetan v. The State of Karnataka
- 2012 Balaji Gunthu Dhule v. State of Maharashtra
Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to
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