Supreme Court of India · 2008-10-15
Iqbal & Ors vs State Of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Iqbal & Ors
- Respondent
- State Of Karnataka
- Bench
- Aftab Alam, G.S. Singhvi, B.N. Agrawal
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellants under Section 304 Part-I IPC, affirming the High Court's decision to convert their original conviction from Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC. The Court noted that the prosecution's case was supported by four consistent eye-witnesses and corroborated by medical evidence. The sentence was reduced to the period already undergone by the appellants, who had been in custody for about seven years, leading to their immediate release if not required in any other case.