Supreme Court of India
Kukapalli Mohan Rao v. State of A.P.
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We are of the view that the Sessions Court and the High Court have correctly come to the conclusion that the prosecution has succeeded in establishing the guilt of the accused beyond all reasonable doubt.
Judgment, page 14
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Penal Code, 1860- s.302 - Murder- Eyewitness account - /legation that appellant hacked the deceased with an axe as he suspected that the latter was having illicit relationship with his wife - Conviction of appellant u/s.302 /PC - Justification - Held: Justified - PW2 (wife of deceased) and PW3 (brother of deceased) were crucial witnesses to establish that it was the appellant who had committed the crime - Evidence of PW2 was trustworthy and it cannot be said that she was implicating the appellant - She had no motive to do so as well - Direct evidence of illicit intimacy cannot always be
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