Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 102 · Decided 23 April 1974
Jagta v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 102 · [1975] 1 S.C.R. 165
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 149/1973
- Decided
- 23 April 1974
- Bench
- P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, HANS RAJ KHANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 376, 511
Headnote
Bf Circ11111stantial evidence-Crhninal case-Vafue of. The [lCcused was convicted for the· offences of murder a°'d ~ttemPt tO commit rape. The evidence againSt him was purely circumstantial consisting of, (a) recovery of some petty ornaments belonging to the victini. (b) an extra­ on the day of occ.urrencc, and ,(d) injuries on the person of the a·ccused. C Allowing the appeal and acquitting the accused: D E F G H HELD : This Court does not normally, in an appeal under Art. 136- re"". appraise the evidence, but there are glaring infirmities in the
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