Supreme Court of India

Ranjeet Singh @ Dara v. State of Madhya.pradesh

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Reported as [2010] 11 S.C.R. 986
Bench B. Sudershan Reddy J.
Decided 20 September 2010

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the case of the appellant does not fall within the purview of the aforesaid ratio of law.

Judgment, page 16

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Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 - Murder - Accused found in a room where her step mother was lying dead with incised wounds - His clothes were blood stained and he was holding blood stained sword in his hand - Courts below arrived at a concurrent finding that the circumstances pointed guilt towards the appellant - Conviction by courts below - On appeal, held: There was oral, medical and documentary evidence which undoubtedly connected the accused with the murder - The documents on the basis of which defence was raised that the real culprit was shielded and appellant was falsely implicated were

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