Supreme Court of India
Dharnidhar v. State of U.P.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that if motive is proved or established, it affords a key or pointer, to scan the evidence in the case, in that perspective and as a satisfactory circumstance of 0 corroboration.
Judgment, page 23
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302134 and 3021149 - Murders of father and son at c two different places - Conviction by trial court affirmed by High Court - HELD: Courts below rightly convicted and sentenced four accused u/s 302134 for murder of the son - Thereafter as all the four accused went to kill the father and there the fifth accused joined them and took active part in committing the 0 second murder, courts below rightly convicted and sentenced all the five accused u/s 3021149. ss. 34 and 149 - Ingredients and applicability of - Explained. Criminal Law: Motive - Relevance of - Explained.
Authorities it was built on
- 1964 Masalti v. State of U. P
- 1999 Rajesh Govind Jagesha v. State of Maharashtra
- 2000 Surendra Chauhan v. State of M.p
- 2009 Jayabalan v. U.T. of Pondicherry
- 2008 Maranadu and Anr. v. State by Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu
- 1982 Kuljit Singh Alias Ranga v. Lt. Governor of Delhi & Ors.
- 1962 Narain Singh v. State of Punjab
- 2009 Md. Ankoos & Ors. v. The Public Prosecutor, H!gh Court of A.P.
- 2009 Pandurang Chandrakant Mhatre & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra
- 2009 Ram Bharosey v. State of U.P.
- 1995 Prem Kumar and Anr. v. State of Bihar
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Raj Kumar Singh @ Raju @ Batya v. State of Rajasthan
- 2025 Ramji Prasad Jaiswal @ Ramjee Prasad Jaiswal and Ors. v. State of Bihar
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to
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