Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 19 · Decided 6 January 2016
Prem Sagar Manocha v. State (Nct of Delhi)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 19 · [2016] 1 S.C.R. 34
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 9/2016
- Decided
- 6 January 2016
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, KURIAN JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 193, 195; CrPC Section 340, 195
Headnote
I S.C.R. 34 PREM SAGAR MANOCHA v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) (Criminal Appeal Nos. 9-10 of2016) JANUARY06, 2016 [T.S. THAKUR, CJI AND KURIAN JOSEPH, J.] Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.340 - Applicability of - Expert evidence - Jn the Jessica Lal Murder case, police sought an expert opinion from Laboratory gave a report to the effect that the caliber of two cartridge cases was .22 and that no definite 0 opinion could be given in order to link firearm unless the suspected firearm was made available for examination - In the said case, trial court acquitted the accused of all charges - High
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