Supreme Court of India

Surendra Singh & Anr. v. State of Uttarakhand

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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 in the appeal.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss.457, 380 and 302/34 – Prosecution under – Of three accused – Circumstantial evidence – Conviction of all the three accused by courts below – Appeal against -1 abated due to death of -1 during pendency of appeal to Supreme Court – Held: All the circumstances viz. motive, accused last seen, recovery of stolen articles at the instance of accused and identification of the articles, discovery of weapon of offence at the instance of accused; 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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