Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1226 · Decided 10 November 2009
Gajula Surya Prakasarao v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1226 · [2009] 15 S.C.R. 789
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1038/2008
- Decided
- 10 November 2009
- Bench
- B. SUDERSHAN REDDY, J.M. PANCHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307; Evidence Act Section 32, 157
Headnote
, B Pena{Code,, 1860- ss. 302 and 307 - Murder and attempt to commit murder·.::.· Aocused attacked deceased with sharp edged weapon resulting in his death - Also attempted to kill deceased's wife by inflicting severe injuries - Conviction and C sentence ulss. 302 and 307 by courts of eye-witnesses-wife and daughter of deceased- On appeal, held: Evidence of deceased's wife completely at variance with what she stated earlier - Evidence of daughter also vague - Witnesses made improvements in their statements stage to stage - Material contradictions in their D statement not
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