Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 97 · Decided 11 February 2004
R. Prakash v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 97 · [2004] 2 S.C.R. 281
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1179/1997
- Decided
- 11 February 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307
Headnote
R. PRAKASH A v. STATE OF KARNATAKA FEBRUARY I I, 2004 [DORAISWAMY RAJU AND ARIJIT PASAYAT, JJ.J B Penal Code, 1860-Section 307: Accused persons assaulted the victim and injured him-Trial Court acquitted them holding prOSf!CUlion witnesses as interested witnesses and their C evidence not cogent evidence without any supporting material-Though these eyewitnesses resiled from evidence to some extent, their evidence does not get wiped out in toto, D and their evidence can not be discarded~Hence, the High Court rightly acted on such evidence to convict the accused Conviction under Section
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