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Supreme Court of India · 2008-11-06

Md.Shakeel vs State Police Tr.P.S.Hanmakonda & Anr

Citation / case number
AIR 2009 SUPREME COURT 680
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
Md.Shakeel
Respondent
State Police Tr.P.S.Hanmakonda & Anr
Author
Arijit Pasayat
Bench
Arijit Pasayat, Mukundakam Sharma

Judgment text excerpt

The Supreme Court set aside the Andhra Pradesh High Court's dismissal of the appellant's revision petition under Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, regarding his conviction under Section 304 Part-II IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The Court found that the High Court failed to provide adequate reasoning for its decision and did not properly analyze the relevance of the dying declaration, which could potentially exonerate the appellant. The matter was remitted back to the High Court for reconsideration.

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