Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 563 · Decided 25 September 2020
Anwar Ali and Another v. The State of Himachal Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 563 · [2020] 9 S.C.R. 878
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1121/2016
- Decided
- 25 September 2020
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, M.R. SHAH, R. SUBHASH REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 392, 201, 420; CrPC Section 378, 100(4), 166(3)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/34, 392, 201 and 420 - Prosecution under - Circumstantial evidence - Acquittal by trial court in view of contradictions in prosecution case - High Court reversed the acquittal order holding that the contradictions - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: In the case of circumstantial evidence, the circumstances, taken cumulatively, form a chain so complete that there is no escape from the conclusion that the crime was committed by the accused and none else - The contradictions, which came to
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