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Vahitha v. State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [2023] 3 S.C.R. 942
Bench Dinesh Maheshwari and Bela M. Trivedi JJ.
Decided 22 February 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, this appeal fails and is, there fore, dismissed.

Judgment, page 43

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Conviction under – Strangulation of child – Prosecution case that appellant strangul ated her five year old child to death while PW-1 (mother-in-law o f appellant) had gone out of the house – As per the FIR, when PW-1 came back to the house, she saw the appellant tie the outer end of her saree tightly around the neck of the child – During her te stimony PW-1 stated that she found the appellant sitting silentl y next to the deceased child when she came back to the house – Upon h earing PW-1 shout; daughters of PW-1 i.e. PW-2 and PW-3 also arrived at the scene of

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