Supreme Court of India · 2008-10-20
Asraf Sk & Anr vs State Of West Bengal
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2009 SUPREME COURT 271
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Asraf Sk & Anr
- Respondent
- State Of West Bengal
- Author
- Arijit Pasayat
- Bench
- Mukundakam Sharma, Arijit Pasayat
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellants under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC for the murder of Shibcharan Pal, establishing that the prosecution must prove the common intention of the accused in committing the crime. The Court emphasized that circumstantial evidence, including the immediate actions of the appellants and the context of the murder, sufficiently linked them to the crime. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the life sentence imposed by the lower courts.