Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 438 · Decided 27 July 2010
Prithi v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 438 · [2010] 9 S.C.R. 33
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1835/2009
- Decided
- 27 July 2010
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, A.K. PATNAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3021149, 3071149, 148, 201, 302, 149, 307; Evidence Act Section 154; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.3021149, 3071149, 148 and 201 - Prosecution under - Of five accused - Two eye-witnesses A B to the incident - One of the eye-witnesses related to the C deceased while the other was injured witness - Non-recovery of dead body -Conviction by Courts below - On appeal by to establish 'corpus delic.ti' - The prosecution evidence has established the commission of crime - Both the D eye-witnesses are reliable witnesses. Criminal Law - 'Corpus delicti' - Establishment of- Held: It i.<> r:ot essential to establish corpus delicti - The fact of death of deceased
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