Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 154 · Decided 19 February 2007
Kalegura Padma Rao and ANR. v. The State of A.P. REP. BY the Public Prosecutor
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 154 · [2007] 2 S.C.R. 781
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 222/2007
- Decided
- 19 February 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 299, 300, 302, 304, 149, 324
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860 : ss.299, 300, 302 and 304-1-Deceased beaten up indiscriminately, resulting in his death-Conviction of accused under s.3021149-ln the light C of evidence and principles laid down in ss.299 and 300, conviction of accused altered to s.304-1. Evidence: Related credibility of witness Major portion of evidence found deficient-Conviction still maintainable, if residual evidence sufficient to prove guilt of accused­ Doctrine of 'Falsus in uno falsus in omnibus' has no applicability in India- E Doctrines. Prosecution case was that when the deceased
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