Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 89 · Decided 11 February 2013
Rajendra Singh v. State of Uttaranchal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 89 · [2013] 2 S.C.R. 783
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1702/2008
- Decided
- 11 February 2013
- Bench
- AFTAB ALAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
PENAZ.. CODE, 1860: A B s .. 302 - Murder - Acquittal by trial court - Conviction by c High Court - Held: The medical evidence is quite consistent with the prosecution case that the deceased was killed by inflicting injuries by a pair of scissors - Both the eye-witnesses fully supported the by appellant on deceased with a pair of scissors - 0 Discrepancies between statements of two eye-witnesses 1 highlighted by trial court cannot be a ground for rejecting their deposition entirely - High Court has rightly rejected the view taken by trial court as wholly untenable and has rightly
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