Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 517 · Decided 26 September 2003
State of Haryana v. Jagbir Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 517 · [2003] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 165
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1721/1996
- Decided
- 26 September 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 364, 201, 384; Evidence Act Section 27, 73
Headnote
B Criminal Trial: Circumstantial Evidence-Appreciation of Evidence-Inference of guilt-Held, accused entitled as of right to be acquitted where there is any C reasonable doubt regarding his guilt-In the facts, held, evidence contradictory and unacceptable~Hence acquittal upheld-Indian Penal Code, it was made by D accused before many persons-PWs not stating about it-No mention in FIR also about it-Effect-In the facts, held, extra judicial confession neither voluntary nor believable. Indian Evidence Act, 1872-Power of Court to direct any person present in Court to give specimen
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