Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 338 · Decided 16 August 2002
Hardeep v. State of Haryana and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 338 · [2002] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 556
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 257/2001
- Decided
- 16 August 2002
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, BRIJESH KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 304; Evidence Act Section 3, 8
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Sections 302 and 304 Part-1-Murder­ Conviction-Trial Court convicting accused under Section 304 Part-I but C acquitting his father holding that he was falsely implicated-High Court upholding conviction of accused but converting it to one under Section 302 and maintaining inter se and to deceased­ Discrepancy regarding time of occurrence of incident and presence of witnesses at the time of assault-False implication of the father subsequently D acquitted by High Court-Hence conviction of accused set aside-Evidence Act, 1872-Sections 3 and 8. Evidence Act,
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