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In absence of motive, evidence of last seen together may not alone be sufficient to convict accused for murder
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- Smt. Jiteshwari Bai Vs State Of Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarh High Court)
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1. Appellant would assail her conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (‘the IPC’ in short) and sentence of life imprisonment for committing murder of her husband namely; Rohit Kumar (since deceased), a rickshaw puller, in the intervening night of 25/26.06.2003.
2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the deceased Rohit Kumar, son of Ramchandra (PW-3), was firstly married with Neela Bai and thereafter with Uma Bai, however, marriage with either of these two ladies did not last long because of their bad conduct. Rohit thereafter married the appellant Jiteshwari Ba...
