Supreme Court of India

Vijay Mohan Singh v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2019] 6 S.C.R. 994

Bench L. Nageswara Rao and M.R. Shah JJ.

Decided 10 April 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the impugned judgment and order of conviction passed by the High Court is 1013 not required to be interfered with by this Court.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302 r/w. 34, 498- , 304- r/w. s.34 – Prosecution case that appellant-accused (husband of victim- deceased) poured kerosene on the victim and lit fire and r an away from the spot – Consequent to which, victim sustained grievou s burnt injuries and later died in the hospital – Dying decl aration of the victim was recorded by the Metropolitan Magistrate – In dying declaration victim categorically stated that appellant-accu sed burnt her – Police filed charge sheet against the three accu sed persons including appellant-accused for the offences punishab le u/ss. 498- , 304- ,

Authorities it was built on

2008 Rangaiah v. State of Karnataka cited by 19
1998 Sambasivan and Ors. v. State of Kerala cited by 18
1955 Aher Raja K.hima v. The State of Saurashtra cited by 17
1977 Umedbhai Jadavbhai v. The State of Gujarat cited by 12
1999 K. Ramakrishnan Unnithan v. State of Kerala cited by 12
1978 Mohammad Hasnuddin v. Staib of Maharashtra cited by 11
2018 Bannareddy & Ors. v. State of Karnataka & Ors. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2021 Nagabhushan v. The State of Karnataka relied on
2020 Chaman Lal v. The State of Himachal Pradesh relied on
2020 Anwar Ali and Another v. The State of Himachal Pradesh relied on
2021 Guru Dutt Pathak v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 referred to

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