Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 493 · Decided 4 May 2023
Dinesh Kumar v. The State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 493 · [2023] 4 S.C.R. 220
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 530/2022
- Decided
- 4 May 2023
- Bench
- SUDHANSHU DHULIA, SANJAY KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 364, 392, 394, 201, 34; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 27, 101, 106, 165
Headnote
Penal Code,1860 - ss.302,364,392,394,201 and 34 - Evidence Act, 1872 - ss.27,101,106 and 165 - The case of prosecution was based on circumstantial evidence i.e. the evidence of 'last seen' and the 'discoveries' made from the information given by the co-accused convicted by Trial Court for the murder of the deceased - Two separate appeals were filed before the High Court - During the pendency of the appeal, the co-accused passed away, thus, his appeal stood abated - The appeal of the present appellant was dismissed, thus
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