Supreme Court of India

Gandi Doddabasappa @ Gandhi Basavaraj v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2017] 2 S.C.R. 62
Bench Kurian Joseph and A. M. Khanwilkar JJ.
Decided 28 February 2017

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Penal Code. 1860: s. 302 - Murder - By appellant-accused - Of his daughter - Motive attributed to commit the murder was that the accused was frustrated as his daughter had married a boy of lower caste - PW- 18 (mother-in-law of the deceased) was the eye-witness - Trial Court discarding the evidence of PW-18 and holding that circumstantial evidence was not sufficient to convict the accused, acquitted him - High Court accepted the prosecution case and recorded finding of guilt against the accused, but convicted him for offence uls. 304 (Part I) !PC and sentenced him to 10 years of

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