DATTATRAYAversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
Case No.: CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 666/2012
Decision Date: 01-02-2024
Disposal: Case Partly allowed
Neutral Citation: 2024INSC167

 




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						 DATTATRAYA versus THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA - [2024] 2 S.C.R. 9892024 INSC 167 SUDHANSHU DHULIA, PRASANNA BHALACHANDRA VARALE Issue for Consideration Whether the courts below were justified in convicting the appellant u/ss. 302 and 316 IPC and sentencing to undergo life imprisonment and 10 years of R.I. respectively along with fine, for causing death of his wife as also the child she was bearing by pouring kerosene on fire. Headnotes Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 304 Part II and 316 – Culpable homicide not amounting to murder – Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide – Prosecution case that on the fateful night the husband in an inebriated state, picked a fight 

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