Supreme Court of India · 2021-12-09
GULAB vs THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH
- Citation / case number
- SC 2020/17658
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- GULAB
- Respondent
- THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH
- Author
- HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
- Bench
- HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court examined the conviction of Gulab under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC, which involved the murder of a victim. The court scrutinized the evidence presented, particularly the reliability of 'interested witnesses' and the absence of ballistic evidence due to the failure to recover the weapon. Ultimately, the court upheld the conviction, affirming the principles of common intention in criminal liability.