Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 33 · Decided 15 January 2009
Jarnail Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 33 · [2009] 1 S.C.R. 311
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 62/2009
- Decided
- 15 January 2009
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 302
Headnote
311 ' ' -· JARNAIL SINGH A v. STATE OF PUNJAB (Criminal Appeal No.62 of 2009) JANUARY 15, 2009 B [Al TAMAS KABIR AND DR. MUKUNDAKAM t _.. SHARMA JJ.) Penal Code, 1860 - s. 304 (Part II) - Death Caused - Three eye-witnesses - One turned hostile and the other c declared won-over - Evidence u/s. 304 (Part I) - On appeal, held: Conviction liable to be set aside - D Prosecution version is doubtful and full of contradictions - Testimony of sole eye-witness cannot be relied on if it is full of embellishment and contradictions without corroboration in material particulars by reliable
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