Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 51 · Decided 24 February 1978
Inder Singh & ANR. v. The State (Delhi ADMN.)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 51 · [1978] 3 S.C.R. 393
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 238/1978
- Decided
- 24 February 1978
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, JASWANT SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307; CrPC; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
Proof-l'lature of Proof and credibility of testimony in crbninal cases­ Co11stitutio1: of India, 1950 Art. 21-Duty of the Court in giving directions in criminal cases to ensure that deprivation of liberty is accompanied by curative strategy and human dignity. · Criminal Procedure Code, reiterated. The petitioners aged 16 and 20 were convicted for offences u/s 302 read with s. 34 and s. 307 I.P.C. and sentenced tO''life in1prisonment by the trial Court and the High Court affirmed both the conviction and the sent~nce awarded to the accused. Dismissing the special leave petition,
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