Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1368 · Decided 1 December 2008
Baldev Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1368 · [2008] 16 S.C.R. 826
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 320/2007
- Decided
- 1 December 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 354
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 354 - Conviction under c - By Courts below - On the basis of circumstantial evidence - On appeal, held: Circumstances on which the Courts below held the accused guilty are not determinative to hold the accused guilty of the offence - Hence, acquitted. Evidence - on - D Held: Conviction can be based on such evidence - Condition precedent for reliance before conviction, discussed. Appellant-accused faced trial for commission of offences punishable u/ss. 302, 376 or in the alternatives. E 376/511 IPC. Prosecution case was based on circumstanUal evidence.
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