Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 300 · Decided 24 July 2012
Arumugam v. State REP. BY INSP. of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 300 · [2012] 6 S.C.R. 1026
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 879/2010
- Decided
- 24 July 2012
- Bench
- SWATANTER KUMAR, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 14, 147, 148, 341, 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 14 7, 148, 341 and 302 - C Prosecution under - Of six accused - Three eye-witnesses - Two of them turning hostile - Conviction of two of the accused - High Court acquitting one of the convicted accused while confirming conviction of appellant-accused - On appeal, - Evidence of sole eye-witness was D reliable - Delay in registering the FIR ·did not cause any serious dent in the prosecution case - The case of the prosecution that fatal injuries were caused by appel/ant­ accused was supported by medical evidence and the ocular evidence of the
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