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Otherwise Than Under Normal Circumstances

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Otherwise than under normal circumstances, means death not being in the usual course but apparently under suspicious circumstances if not caused by burns or bodily injury, Shanti v. State of Haryana, 1991 (1) SCC 371.

The terms 'normal circumstances' apparently means not the natural death. The expression 'other-wise than under normal circumstances' would mean the death not in usual course but apparently under suspicious circumstances, if not caused by burns or bodily injury, Kans Raj v. State of Punjab, AIR 2000 SC 2324 (2334): (2000) 3 SCC 207. (Indian Penal Code, s. 304B)

Otherwise than under normal circumstances, would mean death not in the usual course but apparently under suspicious circumstances, if not caused by burns or bodily injury, Kans Raj v. State of Punjab, (2000) 5 SCC 207.

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