Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1190 · Decided 24 October 2019
Imrat Singh & ORS. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1190 · [2019] 14 S.C.R. 1047
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 480/2009
- Decided
- 24 October 2019
- Bench
- DEEPAK GUPTA, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 148, 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss.148 and 302 r/w. s.149 - Conviction under - By courts below - Relying mainly on two eye-witnesses viz. PW10 and PW11 - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: There are many material contractions in the evidence of PW10 and PW11 - There is absence of concoction of prosecution story - Investigation also does not seem to be fair - Therefore, conviction by courts below based on the testimony of the witnesses was not correct - Accused are liable to be acquitted. Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. There are many
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