Supreme Court of India
Sahabuddin & Anr. v. State of Assam
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above settled position of law, we hereby direct the Director General of Police, State of Assam and Director General of Health Services, State of Assam to take disciplinary action against PW1 and PW11, whether they are E in service or have since retired.
Judgment, page 26
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. ·302134 - Murder - Of a woman - By her husband and. his brother - Circumstantial evidence - . Deceased refusing to go to her matrimonial home before the incident - Her death caused in the matrimonial house - Various injuries on the person of the deceased - Witnesses to the injuries - Post mortem report and inquest report corroborating the prosecution case - Defence taking plea of alibi - Conviction by trial court and High Court - On appeal, held: The prosecution has established various circumstances which complete the chain of events pointing towards the guilt of the
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Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Kum. Shubha @ Shubhashankar v. State of Karnataka & Anr
- 2019 G H Manjit Singh v. The State of Punjab
Of those, 2 referred to
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