Supreme Court of India · 2000-12-06
Gura Singh vs The State Of Rajasthan
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2001 SUPREME COURT 330
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Gura Singh
- Respondent
- The State Of Rajasthan
- Bench
- K.T.Thomas, R.P.Sethi
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 IPC for the murder of his father, Bhajan Singh, emphasizing that the case was primarily based on the appellant's extra-judicial confession and the recovery of the weapon used in the crime. The Court noted that the absence of direct eyewitnesses does not negate the validity of the confession and corroborative evidence. The appeal against the High Court's dismissal of the appellant's appeal was rejected, affirming the life imprisonment sentence.