Supreme Court of India
Jagroop Singh v. State of Punjab
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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
Authorities it was built on
- 1973 Shivaji Sahebrao Bobade & Anr v. State of Maharashtra
- 1984 Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra
- 1999 State of Maharashtra v. Suresh
- 2011 Pancho v. State of Haryana
- 2010 Dr. Sunil Kumar Sambhudayal Gupta and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra
- 2002 Sucha Singh and Anr. v. State of Punjab
- 2011 Sk. Yusuf v. State of West Bengal
- 2008 State Rep. by Inspector of Police v. Saravanan & Anr.
- 2000 Gura Singh v. The State of Rajasthan
- 2007 Ujjagar Singh v. State of Punjab
- 1995 Balwinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- 2007 Ram Singh v. Sonia and Ors.
- 2006 Ramreddy Rajeshkhanna Reddy and Anr. v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- 1992 State of U.P. v. Ashok Kumar Srivastava
- 2007 Harishchandra Ladaku Thange v. State of Maharashtra
- 2007 B. Suresh Y Ada V v. Sharif Bee and Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2019 Shailendra Rajdev Pasvan and Others v. State of Gujarat Etc.
- 2025 Neelam Kumari v. The State of Himachal Pradesh
- 2022 Chandrapal v. State of Chhattisgarh (earlier M.p.)
- 2019 Balwan Singh v. The State of Chhattisgarh and Anr.
Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to
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