Supreme Court of India

State of Madhya Pradesh v. Phoolchand Rathore

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Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Manoj Misra and Aravind Kumar JJ.
Decided 28 April 2023

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Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302 and 201 – Acquittal under – Prosecution rested its case on the circumstances, inter-alia, (a) the accused bore a grudge against his wife for keeping jewellery with her sister (PW8); (b) on the fateful day, during day time, accused on that count, quarrelled with PW8 and threatened to kill the deceased and set the house on fire; (c) in the evening of that fateful day, the accused quarrelled with the deceased and took her with him on a bicycle, while extending threats that he would kill her; (d) later, that evening, the deceased was found in a seriously injured…

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