Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 78 · Decided 24 January 2023
Munna Lal v. The State of Uttar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 78 · [2023] 3 S.C.R. 224
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 490/2017
- Decided
- 24 January 2023
- Bench
- S. RAVINDRA BHAT, DIPANKAR DATTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 374(2), 161; Evidence Act
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : s. 374(2) -Appeal from convictions - Murder of the complainant's father - Previous enmity between the parties - On the fateful day, the appellants armed with weapons inflicted gun shot injuries and blows to the - FIR against the appellants - Surviving appellants convicted u/s. 302 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment - Upheld by the High Court - On appeal, held : PW-2 being inimical to the appellants, his testimony to be taken carefully - PW-3 was at the best, a chance
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