Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 811 · Decided 25 July 2019
G H Ranjit Kumar Haldar v. State of Sikkim
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 811 · [2019] 9 S.C.R. 754
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 427/2014
- Decided
- 25 July 2019
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, HEMANT GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 106
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Murder - Prosecution case was that the victim-deceased had gone with his family for work with the accused - Accused along with his nephew and wife of the deceased murdered the victim and buried his body in the house where they used to stay - Body underneath the wooden flooring at their place of residence and was recovered on the disclosure statement made by the wife of the deceased after removing the flooring - Conviction of appellants by courts below - On appeal, held: There is no dispute that the lock of the house was
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