Supreme Court of India

Sonu@amar v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [2017] 8 S.C.R. 151

Bench S. A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao JJ.

Decided 18 July 2017

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 120B, 364A, 302, 328A and 201 - Abduction and murder - On facts, abduction and murder of victim - Conviction of Al to A5 for the offences punishable u/s. 120B, 364A, 302, 328A and 201 and sentenced to life imprisonment - Conviction of A6 uls. 328 and 201 and sentenced to seven years - On the basis of testimonies of PWJ and PW3, recoveries made pursuant to the disclosure statement of the accused and Call Detail Records (CDR) of the mobile phones of the accused - Upheld by the High Court - On appeal, held: Prosecution proved the arrest and subsequent recoveries made

Authorities it was built on

2005 State (n.c.t. of Delhi) v. Navjot Sandhu@afsan Guru cited by 46
2003 R.v.f Venkatachala Gounder v. Arulmigu Viswesaraswami and V.P. Temple and Anr. cited by 25
1976 Dalbir Kaur & Ors. v. State of Punjab cited by 17
1967 I. C. Golak Nath & Ors. v. Sta Te of Punjab & Anrs. cited by 15
2014 Anvar P.V. v. P.K. Basheer and Ors. cited by 15
1971 P. C. Purushothama Reddiar v. S. Perumal cited by 8
2014 M/s. Indus Airways Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. v. M/s. Magnum Aviation Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2019 Varinder Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh relied on
2025 Rahil & Anr. v. State (govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi) referred to
2025 Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap v. The State of Maharashtra referred to
2024 Shyam Narayan Ram v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. Etc. referred to
2023 Sundar @ Sundarrajan v. State by Inspector of Police referred to
2022 Mohd. Arif @ Ashfaq v. State (nct of Delhi) referred to
2020 Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v. Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal and Ors. referred to
2019 V. Rajaram v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police Cbi/scb referred to
2019 State by Karnataka Lokayukta Police Station, Bengaluru v. M.R. Hiremath referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 8 referred to

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