Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 25 · Decided 15 January 2002
State of Haryana v. Ram Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 25 · [2002] 1 S.C.R. 208
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 78/1999
- Decided
- 15 January 2002
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, N. SANTOSH HEGDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860/Evidence Act, 1872-Section 302/Sections 3 and 27. Murder-Charges Framed-Prosecution case-Credibility of- C Contradiction between medical evidence and eye witnesses account­ Evidence of availability of some bones at the place of occurrence not placed before the post mortem the accused-No independent witnesses to all the disclosures, discoveries and arrest-All eye witnesses relatives of the deceased-Trial Court finding the evidence trust D worthy convicted all the accused-High Court acquitted one of the accused giving him benefit of doubt and convicted the others-In
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