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january 2017

Supreme Court of India · 2017-01-20

Raj Kumar @ Raju vs State(Nct Of Delhi)

Citation / case number
AIR 2017 SUPREME COURT 614
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
Raj Kumar @ Raju
Respondent
State(Nct Of Delhi)
Author
Ranjan Gogoi
Bench
Ashok Bhushan, Ranjan Gogoi

Judgment text excerpt

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 IPC for murder, affirming the trial court's sentence of life imprisonment and a fine. The court found sufficient circumstantial evidence linking the appellant to the crime, including the recovery of stolen jewelry from the appellant's possession, which was identified as belonging to the deceased. The conviction under Section 411 IPC was set aside, and the appellant was instead convicted under Section 392 IPC for robbery, receiving a concurrent sentence of one year imprisonment.

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