Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 34 · Decided 12 January 2024
State of Haryana v. MOHD. Yunus & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 34 · [2024] 1 S.C.R. 404
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1307/2012
- Decided
- 12 January 2024
- Bench
- M.M. SUNDRESH, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 323; CrPC Section 319
Headnote
Whether the High Court was justified in convicting A1 only u/s. 323 while acquitting u/s. 302/34, and convicting and sentencing A2 u/s. 302 and 323 read with s. 34; and whether in trial u/s. 302 IPC, it is safe to convict on the basis of the statement of an Evidentiary value, when witness not trustworthy: Held: For trial u/s. 302 IPC, if a witness is branded as untrustworthy having allegedly twisted the facts and made contrary statement, it is not safe to impose conviction on the basis of statement made by such witness - When there is an
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