Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 230 · Decided 29 March 2011
Ranjit Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 230 · [2011] 3 S.C.R. 1107
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 389/2004
- Decided
- 29 March 2011
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; CrPC Section 319, 313
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Murder- Allegation that the •ictim-deceased was strangulated by her husband, sister-in- C aw and grandmother-in-law which caused her death - Trial ~ourt acquitted all the accused on the ground that there was •O motive for the murder and the sanctity of the - High Court held the appellant­ ·Usband guilty, however upheld the order of acquittal as far D 1e other accused were concerned - On appeal, held: There •as no evidence to connect the appellant with the crime - :xtra-judicial confession was made by the appellant to PWs and 9
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