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Pattu Rajan v. The State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [2019] 5 S.C.R. 535
Bench N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 29 March 2019

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We hold that the High Court was justified in observing that a superimposition test cannot be taken as a conclusive one for the identification of a dead body, because by itself it may not conclusively establish identification.

Judgment, page 31

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Penal Code, 1860: s.302 – Abduction and murder of husband of complainant (PW1) – Prosecution case was that ac cused no.1 wanted to take PW1 as his third wife knowing that she was al ready married to victim-deceased and made several attempts with th e help of other accused to severe the relationship between PW1 and her husband – Prior to the day of incident, the deceased and PW1 w ere abducted by accused no.1 and his henchmen but on the s ame day were released for which a separate complaint was lodg ed by PW1 and separate trial was conducted – Subsequent to th is event of abduction, accused

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