RAMKUMAR MADHUSUDHAN PATHAK vs STATE OF GUJARAT — Crl.A. No. 511/1995

The Supreme Court dismissed Ram Kumar Pathak's appeal and upheld the Gujarat High Court's conviction for murder of his wife Vasumati under Section 302 IPC. The Court found that medical evidence conclusively proved homicidal death by strangulation (not suicide), no outsider could have accessed the locked top-floor bedroom, and circumstantial evidence—including the appellant's false statements and being first to discover the body—clearly pointed to his guilt, making the trial court's acquittal inexplicable. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.