Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 866 · Decided 25 July 2008
State of Haryana v. Shibu @ Shiv Narain and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 866 · [2008] 11 S.C.R. 361
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 235/2001
- Decided
- 25 July 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM, AFTAB ALAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 rlw s. 34 - Three accused alleged to have attacked c and killed the victim - Conviction by trial court - Plea before High Court that it was a blind murder and witnesses were pro- cured later on - Acquittal by High Court - HELD: Judgment of 1 acquittal with only when there are compel- ling and substantial reasons - High Court has elaborately dis- D __,, -<( cussed the evidence and all aspects and rightly concluded that prosecution version was highly improbable and lacked credence - Appeal against acquittal. The prosecution case
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