Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 684 · Decided 3 October 1997
Rambilas and ORS. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 684 · [1997] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 405
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 325/1996
- Decided
- 3 October 1997
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, S.P. KURDUKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201, 20; Constitution
Headnote
B Indian Penal Code, I860-Section 302-Accused prosecuted for murder of a notorious character-Prosecution case based on evidence of four eye witnesses-Occurrence allegedly in late evening-Festival being celebrated C in village where villagers dance and drink through out the night-Eye witnesses admitted not to have seen actual assault on deceased by appellants-Father of deceased informed and FIR lodged only next morning-Dead body discovered later at instance of accused-Held-Courts below erred in convicting D accused-Evidence of eye witnesses identical including omissions,
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