Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 420 · Decided 11 June 2014
Ganesh Datt v. State of Uttarakhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 420 · [2014] 6 S.C.R. 99
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1881/2011
- Decided
- 11 June 2014
- Bench
- J.S. KHEHAR, C. NAGAPPAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3021149, 3071149, 3241149, 148
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 3021149, 3071149, 3241149, A 8 ss. 147 and 148 - Conviction under - Prosecution case that accused armed with weapons assaulted father and his two C sons resulting in death of one son and injuries to other- Order of conviction and sentence by courts below - Held: Failure of beyond reasonable doubt - As regards assault on the deceased, ocular evidence inconsistent with medical evidence - D Weapons used for the occurrence not recovered - Enmity between the appellant family and the deceased family - Father and his sons were interested as well as inimical witnesses -
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