Bahadur Naik vs State Of Bihar

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 302/34 IPC for the murder of Triveni, affirming the life imprisonment sentence imposed by the Sessions Court and confirmed by the High Court. The Court found the testimonies of eye-witnesses PW-2 and PW-3 credible, noting that the appellant inflicted multiple dagger blows without any material contradiction in the prosecution's case. The Court rejected the argument for reducing the charge to Section 304 IPC, emphasizing that pre-meditation can arise in the heat of the moment, and found no grounds to disturb the conviction.