Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 819 · Decided 25 November 2010
State of Andhra Pradesh v. Thummala Anjaneyulu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 819 · [2010] 14 S.C.R. 925
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1616/2005
- Decided
- 25 November 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.304(Part-I )-Accused, who was ogling at some females in a Panchayat, when confronted, took out a knife and stabbed the victim resulting in his death - Conviction by trial court u/ s.302 -Acquittal by High Court- Held: The evidence of PW's A B c 4 to 6 who are ought to be 0 believed in the facts of the case - There is no reason to disbelieve their testimony - They have given categoric statements as to the manner in which the incident had happened - The High Court has not discussed the evidence of these witnesses and has disposed of the matter in a
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