Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 313 · Decided 30 July 2002
Kalpana Mazumdar v. Sta Te of Ori Ssa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 313 · [2002] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 299
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1301/2001
- Decided
- 30 July 2002
- Bench
- D.P. MOHAPATRA, Y.K. SABHARWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364, 302, 201; Evidence Act Section 114
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Sections 364, 302 and 201-Kidnapping and murder-Death sentence-Sessions Judge holding accused persons guilty C imposing death penalty-High Court confirming the same-On appeal held, prosecution case rested entirely on testimony of a prosecution witness without any corroboration of accused persons-Further if such sole testimony is not relied upon there is no evidence to connect the accused persons except one with the comn1ission of offence-Hence all other accused D given benefit of doubt-Conviction of that one accused converted from death penalty to life imprisonment.
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