Supreme Court of India

Mahavir Singh v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [2014] 6 S.C.R. 370
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and A.K. Sikri JJ.
Decided 23 May 2014

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302, 1208 and 201 - Conviction ·. under - Prosecution case that accused and co-accused killed the deceesed at the instance of deceased's wife and threw away the body in the canal - Conspiracy among accused, co­ accused and wife of the deceased to do away with the deceased - Wife acquitted but accused and co-accused convicted u/ss. 302, 1208 and 201 and senteneed accordingly by the courts below - On appeal, held: Courts below after appreciating the evidence on record rightly held the accused persons guilty of the offences - Chain of all the circumstantial evidence

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