Supreme Court of India

Geejaganda Somaiah v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2007] 3 S.C.R. 899
Bench Dr. Arijitpasa Yat and Lokeshwar Singh Pant A JJ.
Decided 12 March 2007

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Indian Penal Code,1860; Section 302-Conviction under-Voluntary disclosure made by the accused-Artie/es belonging to the deceased recovered from his possession- Held, inference can safely be drawn that the accused committed murder of the deceased-Sections 27 and 114 of the Evidence Act, I 872. The appellant and the deceased are from the same family but the claim of equitable partition and share in family land by the deceased was opposed by the accused. Two days before of the incident, on the request of the deceased, the Revenue Inspector has visited the the family lands for having equitable

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