Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 682 · Decided 15 May 2008
Dalbir Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 682 · [2008] 8 S.C.R. 1026
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 899/2008
- Decided
- 15 May 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 148; Evidence Act Section 9
Headnote
1026 A DALBIR SINGH v. STATE OF HARYANA (Criminal Appeal No. 899 of 2008) B MAY 15, 2008 (DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT AND P.SATHASIVAM, JJ.) Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 148 - Conviction under . .../Prosecution case that nephew killing his uncle over prop- c --e,rty dispute - Other co-accused also below - Held: Grandfather identi- fied the accused from his voice at dark night - His evidence cannot be discarded, though he did not identify other assail- ants - Duty of Court is to separate grain from chaff - Where chaff can be separated from grain, the Court can convict ac- cused
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