Supreme Court of India

Anuj Kumar Gupta @ Sethi Gupta v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [2013] 8 S.C.R. 435
Bench A.K. Patnaik J.
Decided 24 July 2013

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We are of the view that the said discrepancy was a very trivial one and on that score we B do not find any scope tci dislodge the findings of the Courts below.

Judgment, page 14

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302 and 201 - Death of PW-6's son - Dead body recovered from river - Circumstantial evidence - Confessional statement made by accused­ appellant to Investigating officer PW-9 - Conviction of appellant by Courts below - Justification - Held: Justified - From the evidence of PW-9, supported by version of PW-4 (uncle of deceased), it is clear that at the instance of the appellant and a co-accused, the body of deceased was recovered from a river stream - There were signs of marks on the neck of the deceased - The identity of the place where the dead body was lying, which was

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