Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 765 · Decided 8 May 2009
Abuthagir and ORS. v. State REP. BY Inspector of Police, Madurai
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 765 · [2009] 8 S.C.R. 432
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 26/2007
- Decided
- 8 May 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 148; CrPC Section 161
Headnote
i Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 r!w s. 34, s. 120 and s. 148 - c Conviction under, by courts below relying on evidence of eye- witnesses - Interference with - Held: Not called for, as no infirmity in conviction order - Prosecution witnesses were independent - They had no enmity with the accused - the truth long time after seeing the photos of the accused persons would not be factor to discard .. D their evidence. Criminal Law- Delay in examining prosecution witnesses during the course of investigation - Effect on prosecution case E - Held: Not fatal - On facts, since no question was
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