Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 419 · Decided 1 October 2002
Mohan Singh v. Prem Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 419 · [2002] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 5
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 792/1994
- Decided
- 1 October 2002
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Section 302 read with Section 34-Murder­ Conviction-According to the prosecution accused allegedly causing death of A B a person-Motive being a pending civil /itigation-Tr.ial Court relying on C evidence and extra-judicial confession convicting accused-High Court rejecting the as untrustworthy, acquitting the accused-On appeal held prosecution having failed to prove the genesis of the crime and the nature of incident, High Court justified in acquitting the accused D Code of Criminal Procedure, 197 3-Section 313: Statement of accused-Acceptance of incu/patory portion-If
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