In Brief
Two brothers, Gurmit Singh and Harjinder Singh, were convicted of murdering Kulbir Singh on 6 February 1996 with a dagger and knife during a dispute over Gurmit Singh's estranged wife. The appellants challenged their conviction on grounds including delay in FIR lodging, absence of certain witnesses, and injuries to Appellant No.1 that allegedly rendered him incapable of dealing blows. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction, finding the prompt eyewitness testimony of the victim's wife and daughter credible and fully corroborated by post-mortem findings and weapon recovery. The Court rejected the delay argument as reasonable given the victim's need for immediate medical attention, and held that untested defence claims about prior injuries did not undermine the prosecution's case.
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