Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 476 · Decided 7 July 2014
Sobaran Singh & ORS. v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 476 · [2014] 8 S.C.R. 169
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1466/2012
- Decided
- 7 July 2014
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, V. GOPALA GOWDA, C. NAGAPPAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: s. 302 rlw s. 34 - Murder - FIR registered 11 months after 'Marg' investigation - Accused named in FIR - Conviction of all the three accused-appellants by trial court -- Affirmed by High Court - Held: Out of five witnesses of occurrence, two including an independent witness did were declared hostile - Two of the remaining witnesses are brothers and uncle of deceased - One of them was not examined in 'Marg' investigation -- Testimonies of the other two are at variance from their statements recorded during 'Marg" investigation - Their testimonies do not inspire
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