Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1022 · Decided 9 October 2007
Gurdev Raj v. The State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1022 · [2007] 10 S.C.R. 835
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1388/2007
- Decided
- 9 October 2007
- Bench
- C.K. THAKKER, DALVEER BHANDARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 304
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 302 and 304 Part-I: Murder-Accused allegedly attacked his mother-in-law with an c iron mungli in the presence of his wife, PW4 and another relative, PWJ-Mother-in-law succumbed to injuries-FIR-:Jnvestigation- Believing the testimony of PW4 and PWJ, eye-witnesses, trial Court by High Court- D On appeal, Held: Courts below did not commit any error in believing evidence of PWJ and PW4-Delay in filing FIR has been properly explained-Trial Court rightly held that though PW4 and PWJ were relatives of the deceased but they could not be treated as interested
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