Supreme Court of India · 2003-08-25
Krishna Gope vs State Of Bihar
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2003 SUPREME COURT 3114
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Krishna Gope
- Respondent
- State Of Bihar
- Author
- K.G. Balakrishnan
- Bench
- K.G. Balakrishnan, B.N. Srikrishna
Judgment text excerpt
The appellant, Krishna Gope, challenged his conviction and life sentence for the murder of Sarjug Gope. The case involves the re-appreciation of prosecution evidence after the Sessions Court and the Patna High Court had previously upheld the conviction. The court examines whether the evidence presented is sufficient to sustain the murder charge against the appellant.