Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 40 · Decided 20 January 2009
Mukhtiar Singh & ANR. v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 40 · [2009] 1 S.C.R. 361
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 448/2007
- Decided
- 20 January 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: c s.302 rlw s.34 - Murder- Eye witness account of widow and son not believed by trial court - Accused acquitted - Acquittal set aside by High Court - On appeal, Held: High Court discussed the law laid down by Supreme Court with - ~ respect to the formalities and followed and had given reasons in support of the setting aside the acquittal - Hence no interference called for. The appellants-accused were charged with the murder of the deceased. Trial Court acquitted both the E appellants on the ground that the testimony of the two eye witnesses could not be
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