Supreme Court of India

Sunil Kumar v. The State Govt. of Nct of Delhi

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 767

Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.

Decided 15 October 2003

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Penal Code, 1860-Sections 302 and 34-Indian Evidence Act, 1872-Section 134-Murder-Conviction based on testimony of sole eye witness-Validity of-Held, is valid if it is wholly reliable and not doubtful-On facts, the testimony is wholly reliable and truthful-Conviction and sentence upheld-Section 27-Arms Act, 1959. The 'deceased was on visiting terms with an eunuch who lived nearby. On his father's advise, the deceased stopped going to the eunuch and this annoyed the eunuch. Appellant No. 2, who has also been visiting the eunuch, had threatened the deceased to resume his relationship with the

Authorities it was built on

1957 Vadivelu Thevar v. The State of Madras cited by 67

Where later benches applied it

2013 R. Shaji v. State of Kerala. relied on
2012 Kuria & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan relied on
2011 Prithipal Singh Etc v. State of Punjab & Anr. Etc. relied on
2020 Amar Singh v. The State (nct of Delhi) referred to
2013 Laxmibai (dead) Thr. Lrs. & Anr. v. Bhagwantbuva (dead) Thr. Lrs. & Ors. referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to

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