Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 581 · Decided 2 September 2013
Prem Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 581 · [2013] 10 S.C.R. 51
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 925/2009
- Decided
- 2 September 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, RANJAN GOGOI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134, 149, 34; CrPC Section 378; Arms Act Section 25
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302134 - Prosecution under - Acquittal by trial court - Conviction by High -Court - On C Appeal, held: High Court reversed the acquittal order entirely on the basis of evidence of two eye-witnesses, without considering inherent lacunae in their evidence - High Court case in the totality of the facts - Conclusion reached by the trial court was reasonable and o possible conclusion - Hence, accused entitled to acquittal. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 378 - Appeal against acquittal - Power of High Court - Held: So long as the view taken by the trial
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