ABDUL GAFFAR @ ABDUL GAFFOOR vs STATE OF UTTRAKHAND — Crl.A. No. 1855/2008

Summary: Abdul Gaffar v. State of Uttrakhand (Crl.A. No. 1855/2008) The Supreme Court dismissed the appellant's criminal appeal on May 15, 2013, upholding the High Court's conviction under Section 302 IPC (murder). The appellant was initially acquitted by the trial court but convicted on appeal by the Uttarakhand High Court in a 1988 case involving the death of his wife Faujia, found with multiple stab wounds in a locked room. The court found sufficient evidence that the appellant killed his wife due to suspicions about her character and then attempted suicide. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.