Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1210 · Decided 22 October 2008
Bal Kishan v. STATE. of Himachal Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1210 · [2008] 14 S.C.R. 1026
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1659/2008
- Decided
- 22 October 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 452, 323, 376(2)(g)
Headnote
.. 'y Penal Code, 1860- ss. 452, 323 rlw s. 34 ands. 376(2)(g) c - Conviction under - Prosecution case that accused along with others committed rape on prosecutrix - Conviction by courts below - Challenge to, by accused - Held: Prosecution failed to prove accusations as regard the accused - It did to show presence of accused at the place D of occurrence or to have participated in the crime - Test iden- tification parade did not meet requirements of law - Hence, x accused is acquitted - Evidence. According to the prosecution case, on the fateful day, the appellant along with others
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