Supreme Court of India · 2001-09-25
Ram Gulam Chaudhury And Ors vs State Of Bihar
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2001 SUPREME COURT 2842
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Ram Gulam Chaudhury And Ors
- Respondent
- State Of Bihar
- Author
- S.N. Variava
- Bench
- K.T. Thomas, S.N. Variava
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the convictions under Section 302 IPC and Section 149 IPC, affirming life imprisonment for the appellants involved in the murder of Krishnanand Chaudhary. The Court rejected the argument regarding the absence of corpus delicti, emphasizing that the eyewitness accounts were credible despite the lack of medical evidence confirming death. The Court also maintained the convictions under Section 201 IPC for destruction of evidence, affirming the trial court's findings and dismissing the appeal.