GANGA RAM vs STATE OF U.P. — Crl.A. No. 277/2006

Summary of Crl.A. No. 277/2006 (Ganga Ram v. State of U.P.) The Supreme Court dismissed Ganga Ram's appeal challenging the High Court's conviction for murder under IPC Section 302. The High Court had reversed the trial court's acquittal, finding Ram guilty of shooting deceased Ram Singh on July 3, 1979. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction, crediting eyewitness testimony (the deceased's brother and a co-villager) corroborated by medical evidence, while rejecting the defence's suicide theory based on inconsistent and implausible defence witness accounts. Ram was sentenced to life imprisonment. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.