Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 598 · Decided 24 April 2009
Prem Singh v. State (N.C.T) Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 598 · [2009] 6 S.C.R. 960
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 589/2002
- Decided
- 24 April 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, V.S. SIRPURKAR, A.K. GANGULY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307, 27, 34; CrPC Section 313; Arms Act Section 27
Headnote
... Penal Code, 1860: s.307 - Conviqtion under- Affirmed c by High Court on ground that scientific evidence connected the weapon of appellant with the crime - Held: The injured did not identify the appellant to be the assailant - Merely because he was·owner of the weapon would not be ground s.307 - Further no question was put to the D appellant in his examination under s.313 Cr.P.C regarding ~- his purported role - Conviction set aside - Arms Act,' 1950 - s.27. Prosecution case was that the appellant fired a shot E at deceased which resulted in his death. Another fire was shot at
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