Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 312 · Decided 10 April 2015
Raja @ Rajinder v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 312 · [2015] 3 S.C.R. 947
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 486/2010
- Decided
- 10 April 2015
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, N.V. RAMANA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
947 RAJA@ RAJINDER v. STATE OF HARYANA (Crimi~al Appeal No. 486 of 2010) APRIL 10, 2015 [DIPAK MISRA AND N.V. RAMANA,JJ.] A B c Penal Code, 1860: ss.302, 201 - Conviction based on circumstantial evidence - Held: The evidence proved beyond reasonable doubt that the deceased was last seen with the showed that accused-appellant was suspicious of deceased's relation with his wife - This motive also strengthened the case of the prosecution - Conviction E upheld. Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. The case of the prosecution entirely hinged F on circumstantial evidence. The
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