Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 457 · Decided 8 September 2003
SMT. Shakila Abdul Gafar Khan v. Vasant Raghunath Dhoble and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 457 · [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 426
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 857/1996
- Decided
- 8 September 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 190(J)(a), 54; Constitution Article 142, 21
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 190(J)(a)-Private complaint-Delay in filing of-Consequences of-Complaint filed alleging death due to custodial violence-Complaint filed more than one year after C the alleged violence-Explanation given that the complainant was unaware of the legal authorities-Held, explanation not credible-Indian Penal Code-Section 302. Criminal Trial-Evidence-Discrepancy in-Disbelieving the D evidence-Necessity of-Held, the courts should attempt to separate truth from falsehood-Only when it is not possible to do so or when an entirely new case comes up
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