Supreme Court of India · 2004-03-12
Dani Singh And Ors vs State Of Bihar
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2004 SUPREME COURT 4570
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Dani Singh And Ors
- Respondent
- State Of Bihar
- Author
- Arijit Pasayat
- Bench
- Doraiswamy Raju, Arijit Pasayat
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the convictions under Section 302 IPC for murder and Section 201 IPC for causing disappearance of evidence, affirming the Patna High Court's decision. The Court emphasized that the prosecution established the involvement of the appellants in a premeditated attack leading to the deaths of two individuals, Kishun Yadav and Gopi Yadav. The Court also confirmed the life imprisonment sentence for Lakhan Singh under Section 436 IPC for arson, highlighting the gravity of the offenses committed by the appellants.