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Esakkimuthu v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police

Whether the courts below erred in convicting the appellants and sentencing them to life imprisonment for the murder of the deceased relying…

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
22 Jul 2025
Citation
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 1361
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3099/2025
Bench
Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Issue for consideration

Whether the courts below erred in convicting the appellants and sentencing them to life imprisonment for the murder of the deceased relying upon the testimonies of PW-1 and PW-2, who were interested witnesses being the son and wife of the Related/Interested witnesses – Reliance upon – When not proper – Appellants, A1 and A2 were convicted u/s.302, IPC and u/s.302 r/w 34, IPC, respectively for the murder of the deceased relying upon the eye-witness accounts of PW-1 and PW-2 (son and wife of the deceased) –

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