Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 93 · Decided 6 April 1988
Bhupinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 93 · [1988] 3 S.C.R. 409
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 379/1986
- Decided
- 6 April 1988
- Bench
- M.M. DUTT, K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 293
Headnote
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973/ 1898-Section 293-Chemical Examiner-Report of-A piece of evidence-Does not require formal proof-Should normally be forwarded to the doctor who performed autopsy report. Criminal Trial-Poison murder cases-Invariably committed un­ der cover and cloak of the accused. Bhupinder Singh, appellant, his father Sher Singh and his mother A B c Mukhtiar Kaur, were tried for committing the murder of Bhupinder D Singh's wife, Gian Kaur. by administering poison. The Trial Court held that the accused had strong motive for the murder as the deceased was
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