Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 19 · Decided 4 January 2024
Darshan Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 19 · [2024] 1 S.C.R. 248
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 163/2010
- Decided
- 4 January 2024
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, ARAVIND KUMAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 313, 161
Headnote
Whether the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt, the entire chain of circumstances, not leaving any link missing for the appellant to escape from the clutches of law. Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 rw s. 34 - Murder - appellant along with the lady with whom he had illicit relations, administered poison to the appellant's wife, with the motive to eliminate her and caused her death - Conviction u/s.302/34 and sentenced to life imprisonment - High Court upheld the order of conviction and
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