Supreme Court of India

Amit Kumar & Anr. v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2010] 9 S.C.R. 1088
Bench B. Sudershan Reddy and Surinder Singh Nijjar JJ.
Decided 12 August 2010

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In view of the aforesaid, we find no reason whatsoever to interfere with the verdict recorded by the trial court as well G as the High Court in convicting the appellants of murder.

Judgment, page 19

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Penal Code, 1860 - s.302134 - Murder- Conviction by courts below based on dying declaration and ocular testimony of witnesses - On appeal, held: Conviction was justified - The dying declaration and ocular evidence is reliable - Evidence - Dying Declaration. 0 The two appellants-accused, alongwith other two accused persons, were prosecuted for commission of offences punishable u/s. 302/34 IPC. The prosecution case was that the appellant-accused (husband of the victim) alongwith his younger brother (another appellant­ accused) his mother (accused since deceased) and his sister-in-law, set the

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