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Shail Kumari v. State of Chhattisgarh

Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – took her children to a pond/lake and drowned them

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
5 Aug 2025
Citation
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 599
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2189/2017
Bench
Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, K. Vinod Chandran

Issue for consideration

Whether the conviction, as recorded by the trial Court and affirmed by the High Court was totally based on conjectures and surmises; whether the conviction of the appellant u/s.302 IPC is sustainable in law.

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