Supreme Court · 1992 INSC 111 · Decided 21 April 1992
Rajinder Singh @ Kada v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1992 INSC 111 · [1992] 2 S.C.R. 574
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 531/1981
- Decided
- 21 April 1992
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, B.P. JEEVAN REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 27, 307, 34; Arms Act Section 27
Headnote
Criminal Law: )...- Indian Penal Code, 1860-Section 302-0ffence of Murder-Presence c of eye witnesses at the scene of occu"ence not free from doubt-Investigation in doubt as to the culprit-Introduction of second dying declaration with names of eye witnesses-Despatch of FIR after recording of from taint-Material witnesses-Not examined-Whether High Court justified ~ D ·in reversing trial court's decision acquitting the accused-Absconding of ac- cused-Whether per se establishes guilt-Whether accused entitled to benefit of doubt. The .appellant was alleged to have fired a shot
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