Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 44 · Decided 4 February 1994
Bheru Singh S/0 Kalyan Singh v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 44 · [1994] 1 S.C.R. 559
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 22/1991
- Decided
- 4 February 1994
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, FAIZAN UDDIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 164; Evidence Act Section 8, 21, 25, 27
Headnote
A B The Indian Penal Code, 1860: Section 302-Murder-Accused com­ mitted murders of his wife and five children-Lodged first infonnatiOIJ report himself disclosing motive of crime, manner in which he committed crime, and produced weapon used in crime-Confession recorded under Section 164 C fally supporting prosecution case and corroborating conf es­ sional statement-Trial Court convicted accused of offence of murder and sentenced him to death-Conviction upheld by High Court and sentence con­ finned-Held, the ocular testimony of eye-witness could by itself fonn basis for
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