Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 160 · Decided 31 August 1973
Harchand Singh & ANR. v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 160 · [1974] 1 S.C.R. 583
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 32/1970
- Decided
- 31 August 1973
- Bench
- HANS RAJ KHANNA, A. ALAGIRISWAMI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 323
Headnote
583 Indian Penal Code-Accused convicted under s. 304 II read wit/1 s. 34 hy the trial court-On crns.t llpoeal. Hif!h __ Court suhstitu:ed conviction u fs. 304 fo convic1io11 uls 302 R.W.S. 34,-Whether-- oonviction possible, when prosecut/011 products a .ret of evidence which contradict and strikes Judge in connectioO with the death of the victim. The trial Court acquitted 3 but convicted 2 under Sec. 304 Part II read with '· 34 l.P.C. and the other one w., convicted under s. 323 I. P .C. and they were sen'.enoed accordingly. Two cros.~ appeals were, thereafter, fi.led~ne by the
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