2000 INSC 1299
                                        SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                                         Bhaylubhai Chimanbhai Kukana

                                                           Vs.

                                                   State of Gujarat

                                         (G Pattanaik and B Agarwal JJ.)

                                                      04.12.2000

                                                       ORDER

1. Delay condoned.

2. Leave grunted.

3. The appellant has been convicted under Section 302 I PC and has been imprisoned for life for
having killed his wife by strangulation. Against his conviction and sentence, the appellant preferred
an appeal and the appeal has been disposed of by the High Court without examining the evidence on
record by a very cryptic order, which cannot be held to be an order of the appellate court in
accordance with law In this view of the matter and having heard Mr. Muralidhar, learned Counsel
for the appellant and learned Counsel appearing for the State, we set aside the impugned order of
the High Court and direct that the High Court would do well in disposing of the Criminal Appeal
No 342 of 1998 within a period of three months from today.

4. This appeal stands allowed accordingly.