Supreme Court of India
Vadlakonda Lenin v. State of Andhra Pradesh
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We are of the view that the conviction of the accused and the sentence imposed on him by the learned trial court as affirmed by the High Court will not justify any 8 interference.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Allegation that appellant had murdered his wife while she was sleeping and had run away - Case resting on circumstantial evidence - Conviction of appellant by Courts below - Justification - Held: Justified - Evidence of PWs 1 and 2 (father-in-law and brother-in-law of appellant) made it clear that appellant had been persistently demanding additional dowry and ill-treating the deceased - Deceased was found lying injured in her house by PWs 3 and 5 - Nobody except appellant was in the house immediately before the occurrence - Appellant was seen fleeing away from the
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