GURMIT SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellants under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC for the murder of Kulbir Singh, affirming the High Court's decision. The Court found that the prosecution had established the presence of both appellants at the scene, their use of deadly weapons, and the eyewitness testimony of Surinder Kaur and Gurpreet Kaur, which corroborated the sequence of events leading to the murder. The Court emphasized that the intent to kill was evident from the nature of the attack, thus confirming the conviction and sentence.