Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 704 · Decided 9 November 1995
Balwinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 704 · [1995] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 10
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 192/1985
- Decided
- 9 November 1995
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, S.C. SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201; CrPC Section 161; Evidence Act
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, 186()-Secti<ms 302 and 201-Conviction for of- fence under-Legality of-No direct evidence-circumstantial evidence-Not ·i established-Delay of 5 days in lodging FIR-Conviction not legally sus- C tainable. D E F Indian Evidence Act, 1872: Evidence-Murder roboration required to rely upon it. The appellant was convicted for offences u/ss 302/201 Indian Penal Code and sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life with a fine of Rs. 2,000. The prosecution ca~_was that the appellant and his mother conspired to put an end to the life of his two daughters
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