Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 535 · Decided 30 November 1999
Padam Singh v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 535 · [1999] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 59
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 679/1997
- Decided
- 30 November 1999
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, M.B. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 148, 452, 324
Headnote
B Penal Code-Sections 302, 307, 148, 452, 324, read with 149- Appellant convicted for the murder .of one 'H' causing gunshot injuries- Finding of Sessions Court and High Court based on inimical eye witnesses- c No independent witness-Occurrence in broad daylight-Death of three men of accused party set aside. Practice and Procedure-Criminal Appeal-Appellant convicted for murder by Sessions Court-Division Bench divided over the conclusion- D Matter referred to a third judge-Third judge affirming the Judgment of conviction without discussing the trustworthiness of witnesses-Held, -
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