Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 5 · Decided 7 January 2020
Purshottam Chopra & ANR. v. State (GOVT. of NCT Delhi)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 5 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 341
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 194/2012
- Decided
- 7 January 2020
- Bench
- A.M. KHANWILKAR, DINESH MAHESHWARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 r/w s. 34 - Murder - By two accused - Setting the deceased on fire - Information given to Police Control Room (PCR) - Officials of PCR took the victim to the hospital - Statement made by the victim to the doctor (PW 8) who prepared MLC, for the incident - Statement later made to police Sub-Inspector (PW16) accusing the appellants - Trial Court relying on the Dying Declarations convicted the accused and sentenced them to life imprisonment - High Court affirmed the conviction and sentence - Appeal to
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