Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 340 · Decided 6 March 2009
State of Maharashtra v. Mangi Lal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 340 · [2009] 4 S.C.R. 49
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 23/2002
- Decided
- 6 March 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201; CrPC Section 164
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-ss. 302 and 201 - Prosecution under - Eye-witness to the incident turning hostile - Conviction on A B the basis of circumstantial evidence and the circumstance in C which the eye-witness resiled - Acquittal by High Court - On appeal, held: Acquittal was justified - Prosecution has events. Evidence - Circumstantial evidence - Reliance on - 0 Held: Conviction can be based on such evidence - Condition precedent for reliance before conviction, discussed. Administration of Justice - Administration of criminal ;ustice - Police protection to witnesses - In a case of murder -
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