Niranjan Panja vs State Of West Bengal

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Niranjan Panja under Section 302 IPC for the murder of Haripada Samanta, affirming the reliance on circumstantial evidence despite the absence of eyewitnesses. The Court emphasized that the prosecution established a motive stemming from a prior rivalry and the last-seen theory, which was deemed sufficient to support the conviction. The appeal was dismissed, confirming the lower courts' findings and the conviction under Section 302 IPC.