Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 569 · Decided 17 December 1999
Satnam Singh v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 569 · [1999] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 422
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 64/1998
- Decided
- 17 December 1999
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, M.B. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304A, 302; CrPC Section 161
Headnote
Penal Code, I 860-Sections 304A and 30?-Conviction under­ Injirmity in the evidence of eye-witnesses-Delay in recording the statements of the witnesses-Witnesses stating to have seen the appellant intentionally C crushing the deceased by his truck-Held, unreliable-Witness stating to have seen establishes the offence of rash and negligent driving. Appellant, a truck driver, was alleged to have crushed 'M' intentionally D under his truck. A case under Section 304A IPC was registered on the basis of the FIR lodged by PW4, and later on the case was converted to one under Section 302
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