Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 686 · Decided 5 May 2009
Akula Veera Venkata Surya Prakash @babi v. Public Proseuctor, High Court of AP.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 686 · [2009] 7 S.C.R. 543
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 951/2001
- Decided
- 5 May 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
A Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Prosecution u!ss. 120-B, 148, 149, 324, 307 and 302 /PC - Of nine accused - Injured . eye-witnesses and eye-witnesses to the incident:....__. Trial court C acquitting all the accused - High Court convicting Accused No.1.uls.302 relying on eye­ witness) -- Acquittal of others affirmed holding that eye­ witnesses not reliable as they were planted by changing the . site of occurrence - On appeal, held: Conviction of accused b No.1 not called for- Evidence of PW1 also norreliable a·s there are
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