Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 508 · Decided 12 August 2010
Jabar Singh v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 508 · [2010] 9 S.C.R. 1144
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1464/2003
- Decided
- 12 August 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 326, 302
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: s. 326 - Victim died fourteen days after sustaining gun­ shot injuries - Acquittal by trial court - Conviction by High Court uls 302 - HELD: No fault could be found with the finding of guilt against' accused recorded by High Court - There is 0 on record the eye witness the wife of the deceased, and the four dying declarations recorded at the instanc~ of the deceased before several independent persons including an Executive Magistrate - Report of doctor that gun-shot injuries were not the immediate cause of death of the victim and he died due E to peritonitis
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