Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 119 · Decided 23 January 1996
Husna and ORS. v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 119 · [1996] 1 S.C.R. 856
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 212/1986
- Decided
- 23 January 1996
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 25; CrPC Section 162; Arms Act Section 25
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : S.162'-Statements to police-Admissibility of-Accused not named in C F.J.R.-Supplementary statement of complainant naming accused recorded during investigation-Held, is hit by s.162 and cannot be relied upon as a part of F.I.R. Indian Penal Code, 1860 : D Ss.302, in F.I.R. but complainant named them in a supplementary statement recorded by police dwing investigation-Trial Court convicting the accused who fired the shot, under Ss.302, 449 !PC and 25 Anns Act-Other accused convicted under Ss.302/34-Conviction and sentence of fonner upheld but that of
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