Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 223 · Decided 11 March 2026
Sanjay Kumar Sharma v. State of Bihar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 223 · [2026] 3 S.C.R. 556
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1304/2026
- Decided
- 11 March 2026
- Bench
- SANJAY KUMAR, K. VINOD CHANDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in acquitting the accused despite the alleged dying declarations, motive and testimony of witnesses relied upon by the prosecution to establish the prosecution case. Evidence Act, 1872 - s.32 - Shanty in which the old couple were residing gutted in a fire, killing the old man immediately and his wife died two days later in a hospital - Prosecution case that the younger son and daughter-in-law of the couple, due to previous land disputes, torched the hut with the intention to
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