Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 340 · Decided 7 December 1971
Himachal Pradesh Administration v. Shri Om Prakash
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 340 · [1972] 2 S.C.R. 765
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 67/1969
- Decided
- 7 December 1971
- Bench
- P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, D.G. PALEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 103; Evidence Act Section 8; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950, Art. 136-Criminal appeal against ac­ quittal-Scope of interference by Supreme Court. Criminal trial-Circumstantial evidence-Approach by Court. Evidence &ct (! of 1872), s. 21-Weight of evidence re : recovery­ Panch witnesses-If should b~ different for each and weight of reporl of finger print expert. The accused was charged with murder by stabbing, ll;nd tha ev!den~e against him was circumstantial. It consisted of : (a) evidence of 1ll-w1ll against the deceased furnishing a motive (b) evidence that he was last seen in the company of
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