Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 678 · Decided 7 August 2023
Kamal v. State (Nct of Delhi)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 678 · [2023] 11 S.C.R. 49
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 465/2017
- Decided
- 7 August 2023
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration : In a prosecution case where father was found dead by the complainant-brother of the deceased, and suspicion arose on the son of the deceased on account of the property dispute between the father and the son, and the son fl ed from the scene of incident and later, whether the courts below were justifi ed in convicting the son u/s. 302/34 IPC and sentencing him to rigorous imprisonment for life. Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 r/w 34 - Murder - Circumstantial evidence and last seen theory - Conviction on basis of, by the courts
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