Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 774 · Decided 8 May 2009
State of Punjab v. Atma Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 774 · [2009] 8 S.C.R. 549
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 695/2001
- Decided
- 8 May 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 149
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302 rlw 149 and 307 rAy 149 - Armed assault resulting in death of two persons on account c of gun shot wounds and injuries to three eye-witnesses -- Conviction of accused-respondents by Trial Court- Reversed by High Court - Propriety of - Held: On facts, not proper - There for High Court to conclude that FIR was registered belatedly - High Court discarded the credible D evidence of eye witnesses on mere surmises and conjectures - Though there should not be interference with judgment of acquittal where the view taken is a possible view, but where conclusions are
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