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  Criminal Law  Jayantilal Verma v . State of MP ( Now Chhattisgarh )  Coram : Justices SK Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy  The Court upheld the conviction of the appellant accused under Section 302 r / w Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 ( " IPC ” ) .  The Court noted that although the prosecution evidence relied only on the testimony of PW - 1 and the medical evidence , while the other witnesses had turned hostile , the testimony of PW - 1 had remained consistent and cogent  . The Court also observed that the medical reports indicated that the deceased wife of the appellant had died from asphyxiation and also showed injury marks on her face . The appellant , the Court said , had failed to give a plausible explanation regarding the cause of death in his statement recorded under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ( CrPC )  and that mere denial would not suffice.  The Court relied on Trimukh Maroti Kirkan [(2006) 10 SCC 681] to note that the facts created a strong circums