Supreme Court of India

Debapriya Pal v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2017] 1 S.C.R. 566
Bench A. K. Sikri and R. K. Agrawal JJ.
Decided 11 January 2017

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We are of the opinion that the appellant should have been given the benefit of doubt as his culpability has not been proved by the prosecution beyond reasonable doubt.

Judgment, page 6

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Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w s.34 - Double murder - Circumstantial evidence - Prosecution case was that Al had love affair with deceased-girl which was objected by deceased-mother who advised her daughter to severe relationship with -1 and deceased-girl parted the company of -1 - -1 was angry with this move and he with his friend-appellant committed murder of mother and daughter - Both the accused made disclosure statements which led to certain recoveries - Courts below convicted -1 and appellant on the basis of depositions of witnesses and recoveries - Supreme Court upheld the conviction of

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