Ranjit Singh vs State Of Punjab

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Ranjit Singh under Section 302 IPC for the murder of his wife, Gurmail Kaur, emphasizing the sufficiency of circumstantial evidence, including the presence of an electric wire and the medical opinion confirming death by strangulation. The Court noted that the prosecution's reliance on extra-judicial confessions made by the appellant and his accomplices was corroborated by the post-mortem findings. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the lower court's judgment and sentence.