Supreme Court of India

Kalu Alias Laxminarayan v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2019] 14 S.C.R. 327

Bench Navin Sinha and B.R. Gavai JJ.

Decided 7 November 2019

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Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 – Homicidal death within t he confines of house – Prosecution case was that appel lant husband strangulated his wife to death – Trial court held th at the victim- deceased was strangulated to death while High Court opi ned that she was hanged to death – Both the courts unanimously h eld that deceased did not commit suicide but it was a homici dal death – Conviction under s.302 – Appeal against conviction – Held: There was evidence as to strained relations between appel lant and his wife (deceased) – Prosecution sufficiently established that there was cow dung on the

Authorities it was built on

2006 Trimukh Maroti Kirkan v. State of Maharashtra cited by 45
1974 Sawal Das v. State of Bihar cited by 7
2012 Tulshiram Sahadu Suryawanshi & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra cited by 3
2016 Jose @ Pappachan v. The Sub-lnspector of Police, Koyilandy & Another cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2023 Balvir Singh v. State of Uttarakhand relied on

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