Supreme Court of India

Dev Kanya Tiwari v. The State of U.P.

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Reported as [2018] 4 S.C.R. 281
Bench N. V . Ramana and S. Abdul Nazeer JJ.
Decided 12 March 2018

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Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 r/w. s.34 – Prosecution case that brother of complainant-PW-5 was killed by his wife and in-laws – Defence plea that the deceased had committed suicide by consumin g poisonous tablets – During the pendency of trial, ac cused-wife of deceased passed away – Trial court convicted accuse d-appellant (mother-in-law of deceased) u/s.302/34 – High Court a ffirmed the conviction of the accused-appellant – On appeal, hel d: In instant case, a complaint was already lodged by the other accused-wife of the deceased, prior to the complaint lodged by PW-5 – As per that complaint,

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