Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 761 · Decided 20 June 2008
Roop Singh @ Rupa v. The State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 761 · [2008] 10 S.C.R. 52
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1307/2005
- Decided
- 20 June 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, G.S. SINGHVI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134, 449134, 302, 34, 449
Headnote
52 ,.., A ROOP SINGH @ RUPA v. THE STATE OF PUNJAB (Criminal Appeal No.1307 of 2005) r B JUNE 20, 2008 y. [DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT AND G.S. SINGHVI, JJ] EVIDENCE: Circumstantial evidence - HELD: Conviction can be based c on circumstantial evidence, but it should be tested by the touch- stone of the to rule out the possibility of any other person being I- I D assailant and/or to unerringly point to the accused as being guilty \ ' of the offences charged - Conviction u/ss 302134 and 449134 /PC set aside - Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302134 and 449134. The appellant alongwith two others
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