Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 412 · Decided 9 June 2011
A Shankar v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 412 · [2011] 6 S.C.R. 999
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1006/2007
- Decided
- 9 June 2011
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, SWATANTER KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 324
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860: ss.302 and 307, 324 - Charge-sheet filed ulss.302, 307 against appellant-accused - Acquittal by trial court on the ground that prosecution failed to prove C beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant had committed murder of the brother of the complainant or made an attempt to - Conviction by High Court u/ss.302 and 324 - Justification of- Held: Not justified - Contradiction between the statement of the D complainant made in the court as compared to his statement before the police regarding the weapon. of crime demolished the prosecution version - Delay in lodging
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