Supreme Court of India

Sunil v. State of Nct of Delhi

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Reported as [2023] 12 S.C.R. 381
Bench Hrishikesh Roy and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 21 September 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the appellants are liable to be convicted for the off ence punishable under Section 307 with the aid of Section 34 of the I.P.C. Thus, in our considered view, the fi nding of the courts below to that extent does not call for any interference.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Issues for consideration: (i) Whether based on the evidence led, the appellants could be convicted for the off ence of murder of the two deceased with the aid of s.34 IPC or only for the off ence punishable u/s. 307 I PC r/w. s. 34 IPC; (ii) Whether, on account of not putting the incriminating circumstance of exhortation to the appellants while recording their stateme nts u/s. 313 Cr.PC, appellants’ conviction with the aid of s.34 of the IPC stood vitiated. Penal Code, 1860 – Prosecution case that there was an altercation between two families – The main accused went to his house on Street

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