Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1340 · Decided 25 November 2008
N.H. Muhammed Afras v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1340 · [2008] 16 S.C.R. 560
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1234/2006
- Decided
- 25 November 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 rlw s.34 - Conviction of C accused, by courts below - Held: On facts, there· was marked contradiction between statement of witnesses and documents - Also there was unexplained delay between the time the FIR was lodged and the time special report reached the Court - the accusations ,..... Conviction o set aside. E Investigation - Mode of - When unidentified body is brought to the hospital and when a known person's body is brought - Held: Mode of investigation is different in the two situations. According to the prosecution, the victim was stabbed to
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