Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 772 · Decided 1 December 1997
State of M.P. v. Udai Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 772 · [1997] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 596
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 252/1992
- Decided
- 1 December 1997
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, M. SRINIVASAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307; CrPC
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, I860-Sections 302 and 307-Accused committing murder of three women in a string and attempting to kill the fourth-One of the victims shot dead while she was trying to go back after closing the C door-Evidence by three witnesses present at the place of occurrence­ Deposition .Court on the reasoning that defection of the fire on one victim was below to upwards and a male is taller than female and hence any male killer could not have shot D a female victim from below upwards shooting from a standing position­ Held, such unwarranted conjectures and surmises not
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