Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1229 · Decided 12 November 2009
R.P. Tyagi v. State (GOVT. of NCT of Delhi)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1229 · [2009] 15 S.C.R. 1147
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1440/2008
- Decided
- 12 November 2009
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, J.M. PANCHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: .. ..f: s. 304 (part II ) - Conviction under for custodial death - A person accused of stabbing a police constable, beaten in c police custody resulting in his death - Erring police officer convicted uls 302 and sentenced to death - High Court modifying the conviction with sentence of 8 years RI and fine of Rs. 2 lacs - HELD: This case exemplifies the repeated observations that delay in the disposal of a D --\ criminal case leads to the destruction of the prosecution case ' ¥ ,- - The incident happened in the year 1987, and the evidence was recorded in
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