GULAM HUSSAIN . vs STATE OF DELHI — Crl.A. No. 781/1998

Case under Section II-D. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010064791998

Filing Date

29-Apr-1997

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 781/1998

Diary Number

6479/1998

Order Date

04-Aug-2000

Document Type

Judgment - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 03-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section II-D

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.GULAM HUSSAIN .

    Adv. JAGDEV SINGH MANHAS (Dead / Retired / Elevated)

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF DELHI

    Adv. SUSHMA SURI

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 04-Aug-2000

    Judgment - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 29-Apr-1997

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 781/1998

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casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Gulam Hussain v. State of Delhi Decision: The Supreme Court partly allowed the appeals, acquitting Shabnam (wife) and Shakil Ahmad (co-brother) due to insufficient evidence of common intention to murder, while upholding the conviction of Gulam Hussain (father-in-law) and Roshan (brother-in-law) for murdering the deceased Islamuddin through burning. The court relied on the victim's dying declaration as credible evidence, sufficiently corroborated by witness testimonies and circumstantial evidence, to establish that Gulam Hussain poured kerosene and Roshan set the victim ablaze. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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