Supreme Court of India · 2022-01-18
MUKESH vs THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH
- Citation / case number
- SC 2020/25121
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- MUKESH
- Respondent
- THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH
- Author
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH
- Bench
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by Mukesh against the conviction for murder under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the IPC. The court upheld the findings of the High Court, which confirmed the trial court's judgment based on the evidence presented, including eyewitness accounts of the incident. The court found no grounds to interfere with the lower courts' decisions, emphasizing the sufficiency of evidence linking the accused to the crime.