Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 148 · Decided 16 August 1974
State of Punjab v. Bhajan Singh & OTHERS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 148 · [1975] 1 S.C.R. 747
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 75/1974
- Decided
- 16 August 1974
- Bench
- HANS RAJ KHANNA, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
F G H 747 STATE OF PUNJAB v. BHAJAN SINGH & OTHERS. August 16, 1974 (H. R. KHANNA AND Y. V. CHANDRACHUD JJ.) Crilnina/ law-Accused charged with murder-Omission by prosecution to esta· hlish that death was homicidal-Suspicion against accused-Effect-Extra judicial confession-Weight of three persons. The evi· dencc in the case was circumstantial. The trial Court found them guilty relying on the facts : (a) that the accused wanted to grab the shares of the deceased in a property hence had a motive to commit the murder; (b) that three of the accused made extra
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