Supreme Court of India

Surendra Singh & Anr. v. State of Uttarakhand

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Reported as [2018] 14 S.C.R. 1056
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Indu Malhotra JJ.
Decided 4 December 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, we find no merit i n the appeal.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss.457, 380 and 302/34 – Prosecution under – Of thr ee accused – Circumstantial evidence – Conviction of a ll the three accused by courts below – Appeal against -1 abated due to death of -1 during pendency of appeal to Supreme Court – Held: ll the circumstances viz. motive, accused last seen, recov ery of stolen articles at the instance of accused and identification of th e articles, discovery of weapon of offence at the instance of accus ed; recovery of blood-stained clothes of the accused and discovery of lock and key of the shop of the deceased at the instance of -1, were

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