Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 108 · Decided 18 April 1968
State of Bihar, ETC. v. Kapil Singh, ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 108 · [1968] 3 S.C.R. 810
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 141/1965
- Decided
- 18 April 1968
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, J.M. SHELAT, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA (3-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; CrPC Section 164
Headnote
BIHAR, ETC. I', KAPIL SINGH, ETC. April 18, 1968 (S. M. SIKRI, J. M. SHELAT AND V. BHARGAVA, JJ.) Mimi.er charge-Evfdence. of child witrwss-Non-disclosure of names of culprlls-Confined 1n pollCe custody-Corroborative evidence, 8Uspici .. ous-Whether conviction can be sustained, Appellants D and .. ing things in the house. She called out to the child. Two of the mis­ creants rushed at her and another killed her. The child pretended to be asleep, but did not cry out of fear, and continued lying on her cot till dawn. In the morning the child came out of the room and started weeping.
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