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R. Shaji v. State of Kerala.

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Reported as [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1172
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and V. Gopala Gowda JJ.
Decided 4 February 2013

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Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 rlw s.1208 - Murder - Criminal conspiracy -Dismembered parts of victim's body recovered from a lake - Case based on circumstantial evidence against accused-appellant and other accused persons - Conviction of appellant - Justification - Held: Justified - Evidence on record clearly established that appellant had adequate reason to harbour animosity towards o the victim 'P', as he may well have been unable to tolerate the intimacy that 'P' had developed with appellant's wife - PW testified that appellant had threatened that in the event that he was able to lay his hands

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