DR. V. K. SAXENA vs STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND VICE VERSA

The Supreme Court dismissed the special leave petitions against the conviction of Dr. V.K. Saxena under Sections 120-B, 302, and 201 IPC, holding that the circumstantial evidence sufficiently connected him to the murder of his wife, Sudha. The Court found clear motive in Dr. Saxena's illicit affair with a co-accused nurse, which led to the murder. The High Court's reduction of the death sentence to life imprisonment was upheld, as the two judges differed on the guilt of the accused, and the Supreme Court found no grounds for interference under Article 136.