Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1294 · Decided 28 November 2019
Jai Prakash v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1294 · [2019] 14 S.C.R. 1056
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1790/2019
- Decided
- 28 November 2019
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, A.S. BOPANNA, HRISHIKESH ROY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 120B; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 : ss. 302 and 120B - Prosecution under - Conviction of three of the four accused by trial court, relying on two eye-witnesses - In appeal, High Court acquitted all the accused - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held : There are version of eye-witnesses - There is also discrepancy between the medical evidence and oral evidence - There are material lapses in the investigation - Such discrepancies raise serious doubt about the prosecution case - Accused were rightly acquitted by High Court.
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