Supreme Court of India · 2009-05-05
Motilal & Anr vs State Of Rajasthan
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2009 SUPREME COURT 2790
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Motilal & Anr
- Respondent
- State Of Rajasthan
- Author
- Arijit Pasayat
- Bench
- Arijit Pasayat, Asok Kumar Ganguly
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC for the murder of Gyan Chand, rejecting claims of discrepancies in the FIR timing and the investigation's credibility. The Court emphasized that the presence of three eye-witnesses, including the deceased's mother, provided sufficient evidence to support the conviction despite the defense's arguments regarding the FIR's ante-dating and the absence of blood at the scene. The Court affirmed the High Court's judgment, maintaining the conviction and sentence imposed on the appellant.