Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 702 · Decided 14 August 2018
State of Karnataka v. A. B. Mahesha ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 702 · [2018] 10 S.C.R. 922
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1133/2010
- Decided
- 14 August 2018
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, VINEET SARAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201, 392, 397
Headnote
Appeal: State's appeal against acquittal - Trial court convicted respondents/accused for offence of murder on the basis of circumstantial evidence - High Court set aside conviction and acquitted all the accused - On State's appeal, held: The evidence of prosecution contradictory to each other - There was material contradiction as to the recovery of material objects and also identification of those material objects by the father of the victim-deceased (PW-3) - There was inconsistent version between the I.O. and PW-3 which raised serious doubt
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