VIJAY PAL vs STATE(GNCT)OF DELHI

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 IPC for the murder of his wife, Savitri, affirming the findings of the Delhi High Court. The Court established that the prosecution successfully proved the ingredients of murder, including the appellant's act of setting the deceased on fire, corroborated by eyewitness accounts and circumstantial evidence. The appeal was dismissed, and the life sentence imposed by the trial court was upheld.