Supreme Court of India

Bhupinder Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [1988] 3 S.C.R. 409
Bench M.M. Dutt and K. Jagannatha Shetty JJ.
Decided 6 April 1988

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From the headnote

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973/ 1898-Section 293-Chemical Examiner-Report of- piece of evidence-Does not require formal proof-Should normally be forwarded to the doctor who performed autopsy report. Criminal Trial-Poison murder cases-Invariably committed un­ der cover and cloak of secrecy-Prosecution entitled to establish cir­ cumstances consistent with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused. Bhupinder Singh, appellant, his father Sher Singh and his mother c Mukhtiar Kaur, were tried for committing the murder of Bhupinder Singh's wife, Gian Kaur. by administering poison. The Trial Court

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Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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