Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 190 · Decided 4 October 1977
Piara Singh & ORS. v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 190 · [1978] 1 S.C.R. 597
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 221/1972
- Decided
- 4 October 1977
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, P.S. KAILASAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 302; Evidence Act
Headnote
ORS. v. STATE OF PUNJAB October 4, 1977 (S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI AND P. S. KAILASAM, JJ.J 597 Evidencc-Evidentiary value of interested or inimical witnesses, explained. Evidence Act (Act I of 1872), 1872, S. 45 Expert opinion-When tltere are two confiictinR 1nedical opinions, the opinion of that The four appellan'l:'s were charged u/s. 302 r/w. section 34, I.P.C. for the offence of murder of one Surjit Singh, a coUateral of the accused on the even­ ing of 14th November, 1967; but were acquitted by. the sessions Judge, Amrit­ sar, on the ground that the ocular evidence of
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