Budhi Lal vs State Of Uttarakhand

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Budhi Lal under Section 302 IPC for the murder of his wife, Jashu Devi, affirming the findings of the Uttarakhand High Court. The Court noted that the prosecution established the act of murder through eyewitness testimony and medical evidence indicating suffocation as the cause of death. The Court held that the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction and dismissed the appeal, maintaining the life sentence imposed by the Sessions Judge.