Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 88 · Decided 5 February 2004
Anter Singh v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 88 · [2004] 2 S.C.R. 123
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1105/1997
- Decided
- 5 February 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 27; Arms Act Section 25, 27
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-Seclion 302-Appel/ant along with other accused tried for murder-Upon information of appellant while in custody, search made and a pistol recovered-Empty cartridges also found near the dead C body-Appellant found guilty of murdering deceased while other accused were credibility of the prosecution version-Prosecution not being able to show that the pistol recovered was the one which was used for commission of the offence-Custody of empty cartridges purported to have been recovered from the spot, not established-Conflicting evidence of witnesses D as to the
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