Supreme Court of India

GOUR ACHARJE versus THE STATE OF TRIPURA & ORS.

2026 INSC 535

Case number
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1803/2014
Judgment date
2026-05-25
Petitioner / appellant
GOUR ACHARJE
Respondent
THE STATE OF TRIPURA & ORS.
Neutral citation
2026 INSC 535
Other citation
[2026] 6 S.C.R. 604
CNR
ESCR010001832026
Bench / judges
PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA, K.V. VISWANATHAN
Author judge
Not available
Bench size
2 Judges
Disposal nature
Dismissed
Judgment year
2026

Issue for consideration

Whether, in a case of death occurring within the absolute privacy of a matrimonial home, the prosecution has established beyond reasonable doubt that the victim’s death was a homicidal hanging staged by the appellant-husband after an assault—thereby shifting facts to the husband—or whether it was a case of voluntary suicidal hanging as claimed by the appellant.

Headnote excerpt

Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Victim-deceased, wife of appellant, was subjected to dowry demand by her in-laws – She was tormented and tortured

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