Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 879 · Decided 13 December 2021
Mohan @srinivas @seena @tailor Seena v. The State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 879 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 451
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1420/2014
- Decided
- 13 December 2021
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, M.M. SUNDRESH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 506; CrPC Section 378, 384; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.378, 384 - Appeal against acquittal - Murder of police officer - Appellants acquitted giving benefit of doubt - Acquittal reversed by High Court - On appeal, held: Most of the witnesses turned hostile the sterling witness of the prosecution had an axe to grind against the accused who had given a complaint against him - It is too strange that he could be a chance witness - Many contradictions in statements made by PW-1 and PW-2-Duty constable - Alleged occurrence was said
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