Supreme Court of India · 2002-02-07
CHANDER PAL vs STATE OF HARYANA
- Citation / case number
- SC 2000/7066
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- CHANDER PAL
- Respondent
- STATE OF HARYANA
- Author
- SANTOSH HEGDE
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU N. SANTOSH HEGDE
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellants under Section 302 IPC for the murder of Ravinder Kumar, affirming the findings of the Sessions Court and the High Court. The Court established that the prosecution successfully proved the conspiracy and the act of murder, where Chander Pal stabbed the deceased while Rajinder and others held him. The appeals against the conviction were dismissed, and the life sentences were confirmed, with the Court emphasizing the sufficiency of evidence provided by eyewitnesses.