Supreme Court of India

Vikram Singh & Ors. v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2010] 2 S.C.R. 22

Bench Harjit Singh Bedi and J.M. Panchal JJ.

Decided 25 January 2010

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: c ss. 302, 364A, 201 and 120-8 - Kidnapping for ransom - Poisoning young boy to death - Conviction ulss. 302, 364A, 201 and 120-8 and award of death sentence by courts below - Propriety of - Held: Kidnapping must be dealt with in the harshest possible manner and obligation rests on courts too 0 - On facts, boy was not only kidnapped for ransom but was murdered in the process - Eye witness to the kidnapping by two accused - Witnesses not chance witnesses - Medical evidence that the cause of death was over dose of chloroform and pentazocine - Evidence to the effect that

Authorities it was built on

2009 Santosh Kumar Satishbhushan Bariyar v. State of Maharashtra cited by 54
1960 State of U.P. v. Deoman Upadhyaya cited by 33
1985 Henry Westmuller Roberts, Etc. Etc. v. State of Assam & Ors. Etc. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2014 Chandra Prakash v. State of Rajasthan relied on
2013 State of Rajasthan v. Jamil Khan relied on
2012 Brijesh Mavi v. State of Nct of Delhi relied on
2011 Amitava Banerjee @ Amit @ Bappa Banerjee v. State of West Bengal relied on
2011 Mohd. Arif @ Ashfaq v. State of Nct of Delhi relied on
2015 Vikram Singh@ Vicky &anr. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2013 Gulam Sarbar v. State of Bihar (now Jharkhand) referred to

Of those, 5 relied on · 2 referred to

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