Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 393 · Decided 13 September 1999
State of Himachal Pradesh v. Jai Lal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 393 · [1999] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 318
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 530/1997
- Decided
- 13 September 1999
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, D.P. MOHAPATRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120, 5(2); Evidence Act Section 45; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(2), 120
Headnote
Criminal Law: Evidence Act, 187.,,: Section 45. District Horticultural Officer-Examined as expert witness-For assessing the fruit- bearing capacity of apple orchards-Such expert witness made no scientific study or research in assessing the productivity of apple trees -Credibility of such expert of expert evidence -Criminal Trial. Penal Code, 1860: Sections 120-B and 420. Criminal conspiracy-State Government took policy decision to purchase diseased fruits and destroy the same-Allegations that accused persons prepared false records showing inflated quantities of scabbed apple E and
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