Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 46 · Decided 24 February 1981
State of Haryana v. Sher Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 46 · [1981] 3 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 320/1975
- Decided
- 24 February 1981
- Bench
- O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, BAHARUL ISLAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; Evidence Act Section 103
Headnote
Code af Criminal Procedure 1973, S. 154, Indian Penal Code 1860, S. 302 and Indian Evidence Act 1872, S. 103-Trial for murder-Accused convicted for murder by Sessions Court-Acquittal by High Court-Interference by Supreme Court-Whether F.I.R. to contain details of the occurrence-Prosecution whether were the two younger half brothers of the first respondent. A day before the day of the murder of the two deceased, the brothers had divided the family properties and started living separately. P. W. 3, the wife of one of the deceased, in the F.I.R. given to the police, stated that on the
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