Lal Mohammad Manjur Ansari vs The State Of Gujarat

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 IPC for the murder of Mohmed Akhtar Gafur Ansari, confirming the life imprisonment sentence imposed by the High Court. The Court addressed the appellant's plea of juvenility, ruling that he was not a juvenile at the time of the offence. The judgment emphasized the admissibility of extra-judicial confessions and dying declarations, despite the hostility of certain eyewitnesses, thereby affirming the reliance on credible testimonies that established the appellant's guilt.