In Brief
The appellant was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife under Section 302 IPC. The prosecution relied on circumstantial evidence: the appellant's history of beating his wife when drunk, her complaint that he beat her with a wooden log on the fateful day, her death from thoracic injuries and shock, and his false claim to hospital doctors that she suffered cardiac arrest. The Court held that these circumstances, forming a complete chain of events, were sufficient to establish guilt beyond doubt. The defence plea of cardiac arrest was rejected as false. The appeal was dismissed and the appellant directed to surrender within four weeks to serve his life sentence."
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