Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 721 · Decided 7 November 1997
SMT. Omwati ETC. v. Mahendra Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 721 · [1997] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 88
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 25/1990
- Decided
- 7 November 1997
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, M. SRINIVASAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 148, 3021149, 3071149
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Sections 148, 3021149 and 3071149-Murder­ Trial of-All the accused held guilty-Convicted and senten_ced-High Court C set aside the conviction and sentence holding that prosecution has failed to establish the guilt of the accused-On appeal held, case of prosecution not proved for. The respondents were prosecuted for an offence under Sections 148, D 302/149 and 307/149 IPC. The prosecution case was that PW I and his son PW 3 as well as one 'I' were going on a motor cycle from a village to another village. Along with them 'R' and his son 'D' were proceeding on another
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