Supreme Court · 1962 INSC 207 · Decided 4 May 1962
Rajinder Kumar and Another v. The State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1962 INSC 207 · [1963] 3 S.C.R. 281
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 182/1961
- Decided
- 4 May 1962
- Bench
- J.L. KAPUR, K.C. DAS GUPTA, RAGHUBAR DAYAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS RAJINDER KUMAR AND ANOTHER v. THE STATE OF PUNJAB (J. L. KAPUR., K. C. DAS GUPTA and RAGHUBAR DAYAL, JJ.} 281 Murder -Motive not established-Want of proof of motive, not a ·reason for doubting evidence of crime-Indian Penal Oode (Act 45 o.f 1860), 88. 201, 302. The under s. 201 for having concealed 'I's dead body. The prosecution case was that on January 5 1961, between 3-30 p.m. and 4 p.m. when T was at the hoilse of the appellants and the other inmates of the house were away, the first appellant killed T by stuffing his mouth with a cloth and kept
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