Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 935 · Decided 16 December 2015
Mangu Singh v. Dharmendra & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 935 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 1035
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2230/2011
- Decided
- 16 December 2015
- Bench
- PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE, R.K. AGRAWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 101, 106; Arms Act Section 25
Headnote
1035 MANGUSINGH v. DHARMENDRA&ANR. (Criminal Appeal No. 2230 of 2011) DECEMBER 16, 2015 A B [PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE AND R.K. AGRAWAL, JJ.) Penal Code, 1860- s. 302 rlw. s. 25 of Arms Act, 1959 - Prosecution under- Initial FIR on the basis of confessional c statement of the accused - Later acquitted him - On appeal, held: In the facts of the case, PW-1 cannot be D said to be an eye-witness - The evidence of another eye­ witness PW-4 is also not reliable - There are material alterations in the testimonies of the witnesses- Second FIR is an outcome of manipulation,
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