Supreme Court of India
Sanaullah Khan v. State of Bihar
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What the Court ordered
For the aforesaid reasons, the trial court took the view that the appellant should be awarded the death sentence. 1094 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2013] 1 S.C.R. A.
Judgment, page 15
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 201 - Triple murder - Circumstantial c evidence - Conviction and sentence of death awarded by trial court confirmed by High Court - Held: Chain of circumstances proved by prosecution establishes beyond reasonable· doubt that it was the appellant who had eliminated three persons - Therefore, conviction of appellant u/s 302 for each of the three 0 offences of murder is upheld - However, as regards the sentence, motive for crime was not established - Further, though deceased persons appear to have been brutally killed, what exactly happened leading to their murder
Authorities it was built on
- 1984 Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra
- 1983 Machhl Singh and Others v. State of Punjab
- 1998 Panchhi and Ors. Etc. v. State of U.P.
- 1980 Bachan Singh Etc. Etc. v. State of Punjab Etc. Etc.
- 2007 Ujjagar Singh v. State of Punjab
- 2005 Kamalanantha and Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2005 Mukhtiar Ahmed Ansari v. State (n.c.t. of Delhi)
- 2010 Javed Masood and Anr. v. State of Rajasthan
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