Supreme Court of India

Chandra Bhawan Singh v. The State of Uttar Pradesh

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Reported as [2018] 5 S.C.R. 646
Bench R. K. Agrawal and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 1 May 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, the appeals fail and a re accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s. 302/34 – Prosecution under – Of four accused – Circumstantial evidence – Acquittal of one accused and conviction of the rest by trial court – High Court confirmed the conv iction of appellants-accused while acquitting the third accused – On a ppeal, held: The circumstances of the case set out by the Hig h Court for holding the appellants-accused guilty, establish chain of even ts and being directly connected with the incident, establish involv ement of the accused beyond reasonable doubt – The story of suicide s et up by the accused is unbelievable on the evidence on r

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