Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 446 · Decided 1 April 2009
Razak Jinnesab Karajagi & ORS. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 446 · [2009] 5 S.C.R. 422
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 223/2002
- Decided
- 1 April 2009
- Bench
- LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA, B. SUDERSHAN REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134, 201134, 506, 302, 34
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302134, 201134 and 506 - c Prosecution under - Of four accused - Prosecution case based on motive, evidence of eye-witnesses and recovery of weapon of offence at the instance of one of the accused - Acquittal by trial court discarding evidence of eye-witnesses as by High Court - On appeal, held: t- D Prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt against accused Nos. 1 and 2 - Trial court was not right in rejecting the evidence of eye-witnesses as interested - They were -truthful and natural witnesses - However, prosecution has failed to prove the
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