Supreme Court of India

Ram Gulam Chaudhury and Ors. v. State of Bihar

Neutral citation

Reported as [2001] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 279

Bench K.T. Thomas and S.N. Variava JJ.

Decided 25 September 2001

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

8 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 : Sections 201, 302 rlw 149. Murder-Corpus delicti-Whether necessary.for conviction.for murder Prosecution proves factum of death by reliable evidence-However corpus delicti not found-Trial Court convicted appellants-High Court upheld conviction-On appeal, held even in absence of corpus delicti direct and circumstantial evidence go to prove that murder has been conunitted. c Evidence Act, 1872-Section 106-Burden of proving fact especially within the knowledge of the accused-Not discharged by the accused-Held, there is everyjust{ficationfor drawing the inference that the

Authorities it was built on

1996 Behari Prasad Etc. Etc. v. State of Bihar cited by 3
1997 Kalika Tiwari and Ors. Etc. v. State of Bihar cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2024 Anees v. The State Govt. of Nct relied on
2023 Balvir Singh v. State of Uttarakhand relied on
2019 G H Ranjit Kumar Haldar v. State of Sikkim relied on
2016 Somasundaram @ Somu v. State Rep. by Dy. Comm. of Police relied on
2015 Ashok v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2013 Baldev Singh v. State of Punjab mentioned
2007 Sudha Verma v. State of U.P. and Anr. mentioned
2004 Canbank Financial Services Ltd. v. The Custodian and Ors. mentioned

Of those, 4 relied on · 1 referred to · 3 mentioned

Sign in free to read it

The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing

An email address, no password.