Supreme Court of India
Gurdev Raj v. The State of Punjab
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What the Court ordered
For the foregoing reasons, the appeal deserves to be partly allowed.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 302 and 304 Part-I: Murder-Accused allegedly attacked his mother-in-law with an c iron mungli in the presence of his wife, PW4 and another relative, PWJ-Mother-in-law succumbed to injuries-FIR-:Jnvestigation- Believing the testimony of PW4 and PWJ, eye-witnesses, trial Court found accused guilty of committing offence punishable u/s.302 /PC and sentenced him to life imprisonment-Affirmed by High Court- On appeal, Held: Courts below did not commit any error in believing evidence of PWJ and PW4-Delay in filing FIR has been properly explained-Trial Court rightly held that
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