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february 2002

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.

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