Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 583 · Decided 21 June 2023
State of Punjab v. Kewal Krishan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 583 · [2023] 10 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2128/2014
- Decided
- 21 June 2023
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, MANOJ MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 106
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Acquittal confirmed - Prosecution case that the deceased was last seen alive in his own house in the company of the accused at about 7.00 p.m. on 10.12.1998 - PW-6, nephew of the deceased discovered body of deceased on 12.12.1998 - FIR was - PW-2, the sole witness of the last seen circumstance, in his deposition in court, stated that he had expressed his suspicion in respect of accused's involvement to the police on 13.12.1998 - It was also alleged that accused made an extra-judicial confession before PW-3
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