Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 253 · Decided 29 April 2010
Dilpesh Balchandra Panchal v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 253 · [2010] 5 S.C.R. 605
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2215/2009
- Decided
- 29 April 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 114, 53; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 114 - Murder - Caused alongwith the co- accused - Eye-witnesses to the incident A B - Recovery of weapon of offence - Conviction by Trial court C of all the accused - High Court confirming conviction of two of the accused - Appeal by appellant-accused - Held: beyond doubt- Eye-witnesses were reliable - Non-availability of independent witnesses is not fatal to prosecution case - o Medical evidence also supporting prosecution case - Conviction justified. Appellant-accused alongwith two co-accused was prosecuted for killing one person.
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