Honour killing: Filicide: Capital punishment modified to 20 years of imprisonment for murdering accused’s own pregnant daughter for inter-caste marriage
Section 311 Cr.P.C: Though the accused has right to keep his defence closed till cross-examination but, the accused cannot reserve a few questions for a later point of time placing reliance on section 311 crpc
Reversal of conviction: Though post-mortem report indicates the death was unnatural and murder cannot be ruled out but since no direct eye-witness to the incident the link of causation between the accused and offence is missing
Judgment: Court cannot convict one accused and acquit the other for the similar or identical evidence in a case
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