Supreme Court of India · 2009-07-23
Pantangi Balarama Venkata Ganesh vs State Of A.P
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2009 SUPREME COURT 3129
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Pantangi Balarama Venkata Ganesh
- Respondent
- State Of A.P
- Author
- S.B. Sinha
- Bench
- Cyriac Joseph, S.B. Sinha
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the accused under Section 302 IPC for the murder of Magunta Subbarama Reddy, establishing that the prosecution proved the case beyond reasonable doubt through eyewitness accounts and forensic evidence. The Court emphasized the importance of dying declarations and corroborative evidence, affirming that the presence of DNA evidence linked the accused to the crime scene. The appeal against the conviction was dismissed, affirming the lower court's judgment.