Supreme Court of India

Jagroop Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2012] 7 S.C.R. 91
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 20 July 2012

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid premised reasons, we do not find any infirmity in the judgment of conviction and order of sentence recorded by the learned trial Judge which has been affirmed by the High Court and, accordingly, the appeal, being devoid of substance, stands dismissed.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 rlw ss.34 and 201 - Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Appreciation of - Three accused - Conviction of accused-appellant by courts below - Justification of - Held: Justified - Deceased was last seen with the accused persons - Appellant made extra-judicial confession before PW14 admitting his guilt - The confessional statement was totally voluntary and by no means tainted - Weapon used in the crime, spade, was recovered on the basis of disclosure statement made by the appellant - Disclosure statement was signed by PW14 and another witness - Procedure followed for

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Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to

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