Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 578 · Decided 20 December 2002
State of Karnataka v. Panchakshari Gurupadayya Hiramath
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 578 · [2002] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 705
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 282/1995
- Decided
- 20 December 2002
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, P. VENKATARAMA REDDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act
Headnote
/ STATE OF KARNATAKA A v. PANCHAKSHARI GURUPADA YYA HIRAMATH DECEMBER 20, 2002 [S. RAJENDRA BABU AND P. VENKATARAMA REDD! JJ.] B Penal Code, 1860; Section 302/Evidence Act, 1872: Murder-Conviction by trial Court-Acquilla/ by High Court doubting evidence of the eye-witness-Correctness Court confirmed Murder-Recording of two complaints-one by Police Officer and another D by Prosecution witness-Effect on the prosecution case-Held, on the facts and circumstances of the case, it is not reasonable to draw inference Ji-om the statement of prosecution witness that first report was
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