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JUDGMENT

REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL

APPEAL

NO.1838

OF

2009

Ravi Kapur

… Appellant

Versus

State of Rajasthan

… Respondent

J U D G M

E N T

Swatanter

Kumar,

J .

1.

The present appeal is directed against the judgment of the

High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan at Jaipur Bench, Jaipur,

dated 12^th August, 2008.

2.

The facts giving rise to the present appeal in brief are :

One Sukhdev Singh, PW2, had informed and made a

statement, parcha bayan, Ex.P2, to the police at the police station

M.I.A. Alwar on 20^th April, 1991 stating that at about 9.15 a.m.

on that very day, he was going in a jeep to Govindgarh from Alwar

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to attend the marriage of his brother-in-law, Joga Singh. When

they reached Baggad Tiraya, one jeep bearing no. RNA-638 was

also going ahead of his jeep and in the said jeep, his wife, Chet

Kaur, daughter Rinki, father-in-law, Lahori Singh, mother-in-law,

Gita and paternal uncle father-in-law (Fufi sasur) Niranjan Singh

and his wife Kailashwati and his brother-in-law Multan Singh and

his son Tinku were travelling. A mar