Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 284 · Decided 6 April 2015
Jasbir Singh @ Javri @ Jabbar Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 284 · [2015] 4 S.C.R. 542
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 554/2015
- Decided
- 6 April 2015
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 399, 402; Arms Act Section 25
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 399 and 402 rlw. s. 25 of Arms C Act - Conviction under, by Courts below - On appeal, held: In the facts and circumstances of the case, the charges against the accused not proved beyond reasonable doubt - Hence, the accused is acquitted, by giving him benefit 0 of doubt Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. None of the charges in the present case, against the appellant, can be said to have been E proved beyond reasonable doubt. It is a fit case where the appellant is entitled to the benefit of the reasonable doubt, and deserves to be acquitted. [Paras 11, 13]
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