Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1245 · Decided 18 November 2009
Amarjit Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1245 · [2010] 1 S.C.R. 572
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 739/2007
- Decided
- 18 November 2009
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 148, 149
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c s.302 - Murder- Conviction - Serious injuries to one of the accused - Not explained by prosecution - Held: Though every injury is not liable to be explained when the accused pleads a defence, but an obligation does lie on the prosecution to explain the presence of a serious the prosecution has not been able to present an explanation as to how injuries were suffered by the accused and on the contrary his very presence has been denied, the courts below were in error in brushing aside this serious infirmity in the prosecution case - Conviction and E sentence of
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