Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 395 · Decided 25 April 2017
Baliraj Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 395 · [2017] 3 S.C.R. 251
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 333/2013
- Decided
- 25 April 2017
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
251 BALIRAJ SINGH v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH (Criminal Appeal No.333of2013) APRiL 25, 2017 [N. V. RAMANA AND PRAl<'ULLA C. PANT, .JJ.j Penal Code, 1860 ~ s. 302134 - Murder - Col/lplainant '.v case that appellant, Al and A2 allacked the victim with lathis, resulting in his death - Seizure of witnesses and their statement. thus credence could not be al/ached - Circumstances warranted application of due care and caution in appreciating the statements of eyewitnesses because the prime eyewitnesses were related inter-se and to the deceased - Courts below erred in not applying the
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