Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 296 · Decided 20 July 2012
Jagroop Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 296 · [2012] 7 S.C.R. 91
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 67/2008
- Decided
- 20 July 2012
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 24, 25, 26
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 rlw ss.34 and 201 - Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Appreciation of - Three accused - Conviction of accused-appellant by courts below - Justification of - Held: Justified - Deceased was last seen with the accused persons - Appellant made extra-judicial confession before voluntary and by no means tainted - Weapon used in the crime, spade, was recovered on the basis of disclosure statement made by the appellant - Disclosure statement was signed by PW14 and another witness - Procedure followed for discovery was absolutely in accord with law - Appellant gave no
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