Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. v. Bal Kishan Das and Anr.

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Bench M.K. Mukherjee and S.P. Kurdukar JJ.
Decided 29 October 1996

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Criminal Law: Penal Code, I 860: Sections 20 I, 302 and 34. Murder-Circumstantial evidence-Murder of victim in her c matrimonial home-Trial Court convicted brother-in-law of victim under Ss.302 and 201 IPC and his cousin under S.20! !PC-Father-in-law of victim acquitted-Order of trial court confirmed by High Court-Held: there was no reason to distrub concurrent findings of the courts below that identity of victim was established and that victim died in her matrimonial home-However, Courts below erred in acquittingfather-in-law of victim­ Role played by father-in-law and brother-in-law not…

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