Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 858 · Decided 24 August 2022
Rajbir Singh v. The State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 858 · [2022] 11 S.C.R. 80
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2152/2010
- Decided
- 24 August 2022
- Bench
- HEMANT GUPTA, VIKRAM NATH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Death by poisoning alleged - Circumstantial evidence - As per the prosecution, PW-1-informant's wife died after consuming the milk brought from the appellant, residing in the neighbourhood and carrying on the business of dairy farm and u/s.302 - On appeal, held: In the present case, chain of evidence has many missing and weak links - None of the essential ingredients to record conviction in a case of circumstantial evidence and that of poisoning case are made out - Prosecution has not established the charge
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