Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 241 · Decided 25 April 2000
Kuldeep Singh and ORS. v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 241 · [2000] 3 S.C.R. 499
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 658/1998
- Decided
- 25 April 2000
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, DORAISWAMY RAJU, S.N. VARIAVA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302an, 302; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-Ss. 302and120-B/S. 120-B r/w. S. 302-Murder- Circumstantial evidence-Motive established-No infi1mity in appreciation of the evidence-Conviction and sentence by trial Court-Upheld. Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-S. 313-Murder-Circumstantial evi- c dence-False expla.iation offered of circumstances. Appellants were prosecuted for offences under Ss. 302 and 120-B/S, 120-B r/w. S. 302 Penal Code. The prosecution case was that 'S' and his D brother 'M' were staying in different portions of a house along with their families. After the death of 'M', his wife viz. appellant No.
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