Overview
- A division bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Vimal Kumar Yadav dismissed the appeals, affirming the trial court’s findings.
- The court ruled the death was neither accidental nor suicidal, calling the declarations voluntary, consistent and free of taint.
- The victim named her husband and adult son in statements recorded at Safdarjung Hospital by a doctor and later by the investigating officer.
- During the long-pending appeal, husband Didar Singh died and son Maan Singh absconded, leading to his being declared a proclaimed offender.
- The incident occurred in April 2000 on the terrace of the family home; the trial court convicted the duo in 2002, and reports do not specify the sentence details.