Row over lit cigarette: Supreme Court upholds murder conviction of man who stabbed tea stall owner
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The Supreme Court recently upheld the murder conviction of a man accused of stabbing a tea stall owner following a quarrel over a half-burnt cigarette thrown into a bucket used for washing tea cups and saucers. [Mitesh @ TV Vaghela v. State of Gujarat]A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B Varale dismissed the appeal filed by the accused challenging the Gujarat High Court judgment affirming his murder conviction and life sentence.The Court found that the testimonies of the deceased’s b