Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 29 · Decided 6 January 2017
MD. Sajjad @ Raju @ Salim v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 29 · [2017] 1 S.C.R. 265
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1953/2010
- Decided
- 6 January 2017
- Bench
- PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE, UDAY UMESH LALIT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r!w s.34 - Conviction under - Delay in holding Test Identification Parade - Effect of - Dead body of husband of PW-8 found lying on the road - Death was due to strangulation and head injuries - Entire prosecution case rested on the identification by prosecution witnesses by PW-8 which arose out of dispute in connection with business - Prosecution witnesses stated that they saw four persons in the company of the deceased on previous night of murder and recognized appellant and co-accused in the Test Identification Parade - Conviction by courts below - On appeal,
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