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Supreme Court of India

Rohtash Kumar v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [2013] 3 S.C.R. 884
Bench B.S. Chauhan J.
Decided 29 May 2013

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid factors, the Trial Court, as well as the High Court, have convicted the appellant and awarded the sentences as referred to hereinabove.

Judgment, page 30

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Penal Code, 1860: c s.302 - Murder of wife by husband - Circumstantial evidence - Conviction and sentence of life imprisonment awarded by courts below - Upheld - Principles, including the last seen theory, to be applied while convicting the accused on the basis of circumstantial evidence and the issues 0 pertaining to number of witnesses to be examined, discrepancies in depositions, evidence of hostile witness, police official as a witness, motive and explanation of accused u/s 313 CrPC, discussed - Criminal law- Motive - Evidence - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - Evidence of

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Of those, 4 relied on · 1 referred to

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