Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 299 · Decided 1 May 2013
Habib v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 299 · [2013] 5 S.C.R. 476
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 911/2007
- Decided
- 1 May 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Prosecution of 3 accused - Acquittal by trial court - High Court convicting 2 of the C accused- and upholding acquitted of one - Appeal by the convicted accused - Held: Prosecution case is supported by evidence of eye-witnesses and medical evidence - Conviction upheld. 0 views are possible, one pointing to the guilt and other to the innocence, view favourable to the accused to be adopted. E Motive - Evidentiary value - Held: Motive loses its significance in case of direct trust-worthy evidence. Witness - Interested witness - Evidentiary value - A witness, if
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