Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 124 · Decided 2 March 2012
Sampath Kumar v. Inspector of Police, Krishnagiri
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 124 · [2012] 2 S.C.R. 289
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1950/2009
- Decided
- 2 March 2012
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s 302 rlw s. 34 - Murder - Prosecution A 8 for - No eye-witness - Conviction by courts below - Based on ocular testimony of a witness and motive - Held: Conviction C not justified - Evidence of the witness being in contrast with his police statement and not having independent by itself cannot be a ground for conviction - However, in the facts of the case, even motive did not suNive. D Evidence - Circumstantial evidence - Motive - Evidentiary value - Held: Motive by itself cannot be basis for conviction. Criminal Trial - Discrepancies and contradictions in evidence -
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