Supreme Court of India · 2018-10-04
Sunny Khanna vs State Of Chhattisgarh
- Citation / case number
- AIRONLINE 2018 SC 725
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Sunny Khanna
- Respondent
- State Of Chhattisgarh
- Author
- R. Banumathi
- Bench
- Indira Banerjee, R. Banumathi
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellants under Section 302 IPC read with Section 34 IPC for the murder of Irfan @ Golu, affirming the life imprisonment sentence. The Court modified the conviction for the murder of Anil Chandrakar from Section 302 IPC to Section 307 IPC read with Section 34 IPC, sentencing the appellants to seven years of imprisonment. The Court emphasized the sufficiency of corroborative evidence from witnesses and medical reports to support the convictions.