MAHARAJ SINGH vs STATE OF M.P. — Crl.A. No. 1045/2011

Case Summary: Maharaj Singh v. State of M.P. (Crl.A. No. 1045/2011) On March 27, 2014, the Supreme Court dismissed the criminal appeal of Maharaj Singh and others (heard together with Crl.A. Nos. 2420-2421/2010). The appellants were convicted for the January 23, 1997 murder of Ramgopal, where they allegedly entered his house, dragged him out, and inflicted fatal injuries using swords and axes. The Court upheld the conviction under Sections 148, 302, 323, 335, 436, and 149 IPC, rejecting arguments that eyewitness testimony was unreliable and finding it sufficiently corroborated by postmortem evidence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.