Supreme Court of India

Tulshiram Sahadu Suryawanshi & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2012] 7 S.C.R. 1083
Bench P. Sathasivam J.
Decided 14 September 2012

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that conviction of the appellants is fully justified.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

PENAL CODE, 1860: ss. 302134, 304-8134 and 498- /34 - Murder of a married c woman in matrimonial home, for dowry - Circumstantial evidence - Conviction and sentence of life imprisonment awarded by trial court to all the three accused, namely, the husband of deceased and his parents, affirmed by High Court - SLP of husb5md already dismissed - Appeal by his parents 0 - Held: Medical evidence supported prosecution case - 1//- treatment meted out to deceased by all the three accused established - Recoveries proved - The circumstances constitute a chain even stronger than an eye-witness account

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 relied on

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