Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 206 · Decided 5 August 1988
Sardar Hussain & ANR. v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 206 · [1988] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 245
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 289/1978
- Decided
- 5 August 1988
- Bench
- G.L. OZA, K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 210, 302, 364
Headnote
B Indian Penal Code, 1860: Sections 210, 302 and 364--Appellants convicted by Trial Court-High Court 'confirming conviction-On appeal Supreme Court acquitting accused holding that circumstantial evidence falls short of required standard on all material particulars. The prosecution case was: the brother of PW I, in furtherance of which they got a fraudulent sale deed executed and murdered him in order to eliminate the possibility of the fraud being detected. Suspecting foul play of the appellants, PW I lodged an FIR. At the instance of appellant No. 2, who was first arres!ed_, a dead
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